seb Dehai,
I forgot to include a “moral” (lesson) that followed the last story.
Each story has such a lesson, apparently so the teacher can begin a
discussion or drive the point home. In future, I’ll include the moral
after the story.
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Moral of “How the Clever Snake Turned an Evil Deed into a Cure”
The old men said, when they told this story: “What you sow, you shall
reap. It is certain that your good deeds will visit you again in the
future in some form. And your bad deeds wait restlessly to retaliate
against you. Children, let your good deeds show forth in the future.
They will light your way wherever you go.”
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You may also want to know the sources of these stories. Those listed at
the the end of “A Small Collection of Fables, Sayings and Riddles”,
published by Arbeiterwohlfahrt Budesband e.v., Bonn, Germany, March 1989
include:
1. Tigrinya Reading Book, ELF, published 1977-78.
2. Edward Ullendorff, A Tigrinya Chrestomathy, Stuttgart, 1985.
3. Abba Yacob Ghebreyesus, “Narrations, Traditions and Sayings of the
Elders”, Asmara, 1941.
4. Yitzak Teweldemedhin, “Forty-four Stories”, Asmara, 1953 (E.C.)
5. Franz Praetorius, “Tigrinya Proverbs” in Zeitschrift der Deutschen
Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft (ZMDG), 1883-1888.
6. Mogos Ogbaghiorghis, “Traditional Proverbs in Tigrinya), Asmara, 1958
(E.C.).
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More stories, proverbs and riddles to come (after I finish working on my
taxes).
Memhr Yohannes
(John Rude)
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