Long ago, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and President Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya were watching a football match. The match was being played between their national teams. Neither of the team was able to score the goal, so the match was over. Finally, the referee decided that the two men would act as goalkeepers. First […]
Long ago, there was a man named Aleke Gebre Hanna. One day, he decided to leave Addis Ababa and go to Gojjam. So, he collected all his money. As it was a huge amount, he put it in a sack and left. As soon as he arrived at the Blue Nile Bridge, he was scared
Once upon a time, there lived a trader named Nazoomi. He inherited his father’s business and set out for another city with his camel loaded with goods. All of a sudden, sand storms started and Nazoomi had to take shelter in an inn. He off-loaded goods and tied the camel outside. Tired, he quickly fell
One day, a hare was coming from the market with some grocery. He met a tortoise who was going to his house. Seeing the tortoise the hare started laughing at him and said mockingly, “How slow you move! See me; there is no comparison between you and me.” Then the tortoise said, “Let’s have a
Once, a fox and his wife lived in their cave. One day, the wife of the fox desired to eat the hen (of red feather) who lived in their neighbourhood. The fox went to catch the hen after ordering his wife to boil the water. He hid behind a tree and waited for her to
Once, a scorpion lived near a hillside and followed the same schedule daily. So the scorpion felt bored with his life and wanted some change in it. So the scorpion decided to go to his cousin’s house which was across the river. The scorpion proceeded to go there but soon he got anxious to see
Once, a gardener had a donkey who lived in his big farm. He was very much in the habit of beautiful flowers, so he visited every week to the market to bring different types of flowers and manure. He also took his donkey to carry his load. Once he went to the market and got
There lived a little bear named Pomi, with his mother, who was very fond of birthday because he liked the cake very much. Pomi always kept waiting for his birthday because his mother made a palatable cake using ten dozen eggs, fifty pounds of flour, milk, vanilla and sugar. She stood on a chair and
Once, it was a sweltering hot day in the forest. All the animals of the jungle had got baffled with the scorching heat. They wanted to get rid of this but all the rivers had dried up. So, all the animals gathered around the little puddle that was left of the river. But the lions
Once, a man was travelling. On his way, he met a family. The traveller said, “I have to travel a long way. Can I stay with you for the night?” The family not only welcomed him but also gave him some food to eat. In the evening, they gave the traveller meat and some milk.
Once, a bear, Romi lived alone in his home in a dense forest. It was a bitterly cold night. Romi was sleeping alone in his home. He tucked himself snugly in his quilt. Romi was in sound sleep; just then he heard a scratching sound outside his window. This made him wake up from his
Once upon a time, there was a man named Ina Hagadare who had many sheep. His animals began to die every day. He wondered why his sheep were dying. He decided to separate the animals into two equal parts by a fence. One part would be for Allah and the other for him. He spoke
Long ago, there lived a chief who had a beautiful daughter. There were many suitors who wanted to marry her. But the chief thought that they were not good for his daughter. Among the other suitors were Fire and Rain. They, too, wished to marry the chief’s daughter. Rain went up to her and proposed
Once, there was a pig named Jumbo near a pond. He used to go to the jungle school. One day, Jumbo’s English teacher asked all students what they wanted to become. All students expressed their different goals but Jumbo told he wanted to become a pirate. Hearing this the teacher and the students laughed at
Once, a town rat named Tolu had some holidays off school, so he decided to go to his cousin’s house. Tolu visited his cousin named Dolu. Dolu’s house was in the countryside. They enjoyed a wonderful time in the farms. Then the town rat also invited Dolu to the town. Dolu arrived in the town