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A chicken and a millipede walking along a road.

ዶሮና ሃምሳ እግር Chicken and Millipede La poule et le millepatte

Written by Winny Asara

Illustrated by Winny Asara

Translated by Dawit Girma

Read by Abenezer Chane

Language Amharic

Level Level 3

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A chicken and a millipede walking along a road.

ዶሮና ሃምሳ እግር ጓደኞች ነበሩ። ሁሌም ግን ይፎካከራሉ። አንድ ቀን ኳስ ለመግጠምና ማን እንደሚበልጥ ለማየት ወሰኑ።

Chicken and Millipede were friends. But they were always competing with each other. One day they decided to play football to see who the best player was.

La poule et le millepatte étaient amis. Mais ils étaient toujours en compétition l’un contre l’autre. Un jour, ils décidèrent de jouer au football pour voir qui était le meilleur joueur.


A chicken and a millipede playing football.

ወደ ኳስ ሜዳ ሄዱና መጫወት ጀመሩ። ዶሮዋ ፈጣን ነበረች። ሃምሳ እግርም ግን ከሷ ይበልጥ ነበር። ዶሮ አርቃ ትለጋለች፣ ሃምሳ እግርም ከሷ አርቆ ይለጋል። ዶሮ መደካከምና መናደድ ጀመረች።

They went to the football field and started their game. Chicken was fast, but Millipede was faster. Chicken kicked far, but Millipede kicked further. Chicken started to feel grumpy.

Ils allèrent au terrain de football et commencèrent à jouer. La poule était rapide, mais le millepatte était encore plus rapide. La poule envoyait le ballon loin, mais le millepatte l’envoyait encore plus loin. La poule commençait à être de mauvaise humeur.


A chicken standing in front of a football net.

በፍጹም ቅጣት ምት ይዋጣልን ብለው ወሰኑ። መጀመሪያ ሃምሳ እግር በረኛ ሆነ። ዶሮ መታች፣ አንድ ጎል አገባች። በመቀጠል የሃምሳ እግር ተራ ሆነ። መምታትና ጎል አስቆጥሮ ማካካስ አለበት።

They decided to play a penalty shoot-out. First Millipede was goal keeper. Chicken scored only one goal. Then it was the chicken’s turn to defend the goal.

Ils décidèrent de faire des tirs au but. Au début, le millepatte était gardien de but. La poule marqua un seul but. Puis ce fut au tour de la poule d’être le gardien de but.


Millipede scoring a goal.

ሃምሳ እግር መታ፣ አገባ። ሃምሳ እግር አታሎ አልፎ አገባ። ሃምሳ እግር በጭንቅላቱ መታ፣ አገባ። ሃምሳ እግር አምስት ጎል አገባ።

Millipede kicked the ball and scored. Millipede dribbled the ball and scored. Millipede headed the ball and scored. Millipede scored five goals.

Le millepatte tira dans le ballon et marqua. Le millepatte dribbla avec le ballon et marqua. Le millepatte fit une tête avec le ballon et marqua. Le millepatte marqua cinq buts.


An angry-looking chicken.

ዶሮ በመሳቷ በጣም ተናደደች። በጣም አሳዛኝ ተሸናፊ ሆነች። ሃምሳ እግር መሳቅ መፈንደቅ ጀመረ ምክንያቱም ጓደኛውም ብትሆን እንዲህ ያለ ፈንጠዝያ ታበዛ ነበር።

Chicken was furious that she lost. She was a very bad loser. Millipede started laughing because his friend was making such a fuss.

La poule était furieuse d’avoir perdu. C’était une très mauvaise perdante. Le millepatte commença à rire parce que son amie en faisait toute une histoire.


A chicken opening its beak wide to eat the millipede.

ዶሮ በጣም ተናዳ ስለነበር አፏን ከፈተችና ሃምሳ እግርን ዋጠችው።

Chicken was so angry that she opened her beak wide and swallowed the millipede.

La poule était tellement en colère qu’elle ouvrit tout grand son bec et avala le millepatte.


A chicken walking with a ball under its arm talking to a millipede.

ዶሮ ወደቤቷ እየሄደች ሳለ የሃምሳ እግር እናት አገኘቻት። እናትየዋ ሃምሳ እግርም ‹‹ልጄን አይተሻል?›› ብላ ጠየቀቻት። ዶሮ በበኩሏ ምንም አላለች። እናትዬዋ ሃምሳ እግር በጣም ተጨነቀች።

As Chicken was walking home, she met Mother Millipede. Mother Millipede asked, “Have you seen my child?” Chicken didn’t say anything. Mother Millipede was worried.

Alors que la poule rentrait à la maison, elle rencontra la maman millepatte. La maman millepatte demanda, « as-tu vu mon enfant ? » La poule ne répondit pas. La maman millepatte était inquiète.


A voice coming from inside a chicken standing next to a millipede.

ከዚያም እናትዬዋ ሃምሳ እግር ትንሽ ድምጽ ነገር ሰማች። ‹‹እርጂኝ እናቴ!›› እያለ የሚጮህ ድምጽ። እናት ሃምሳ እግር አካባቢውን እየቃኘች በጥንቃቄ አዳመጠች። ድምጹ ከዶሮዋ ውስጥ እንደሚወጣ ተረዳች።

Then Mother Millipede heard a tiny voice. “Help me mom!” cried the voice. Mother Millipede looked around and listened carefully. The voice came from inside the chicken.

Puis la maman millepatte entendit une petite voix. « Aide-moi maman ! » criait la voix. La maman millepatte regarda autour et écouta attentivement. La voix venait de l’intérieur de la poule.


An ill-looking chicken.

‹‹ልጄ ያለህን ልዩ ኃይል ተጠቀም!›› እናት ሃምሳ እግር ጮኸች። ሃምሳ እግር አስቀያሚ ሽታና አስከፊ ቃና መልቀቅ ጀመረ። ዶሮ ህመም ይሰማት ጀመር።

Mother Millipede shouted, “Use your special power my child!” Millipedes can make a bad smell and a terrible taste. Chicken began to feel ill.

La maman millepatte s’écria « Utilise tes pouvoirs spéciaux mon enfant ! » Les millepattes peuvent faire une mauvaise odeur et donner un mauvais goût. La poule commença à se sentir mal.


A chicken coughing.

ዶሮ አገሳች። ከዚያ ዋጠችና ወዲያው አስታወከች። ከዚያም አነጠሰችና ሳለች። ደግማ ሳለች። ሃምሳ እግር አስጠሊታ ነበር!

Chicken burped. Then she swallowed and spat. Then she sneezed and coughed. And coughed. The millipede was disgusting!

La poule fit un rot. Puis elle déglutit et cracha. Puis elle éternua et toussa. Et toussa. Le millepatte était dégoûtant !


A millipede in a puddle of spit.

ዶሮ በሆዷ ውስጥ ያለው ሃምሳ እግር እስኪወጣ ድረስ አሳላት። ተፈትልኮ ወጣ። ከዚያም እናትዬዋ ሃምሳ እግርና ልጇ ወደዛፉ ላይ ወጥተው ተደበቁ።

Chicken coughed until she coughed out the millipede that was in her stomach. Mother Millipede and her child crawled up a tree to hide.

La poule toussa jusqu’à ce qu’elle recrache le millepatte qui était dans son estomac. La maman millepatte et son enfant rampèrent jusqu’à un arbre pour se cacher.


Two millipedes hiding up a tree and a chicken nearby.

ከዚያን ጊዜ ጀምሮ ዶሮዎችና ሃምሳ እግሮች ጠላቶች ሆኑ።

From that time, chickens and millipedes were enemies.

Depuis ce temps, les poules et les millepattes sont ennemis.


Written by: Winny Asara
Illustrated by: Winny Asara
Translated by: Dawit Girma
Read by: Abenezer Chane
Language: Amharic
Level: Level 3
Source: Chicken and Millipede from African Storybook
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