Hadithi za kikwetu 3:
Kaka fisi amla tembo mzima

Katika Kijiji kimoja cha zamani tembo walikuwa wanakuja kula maboga mashambani.

Siku moja sungura alichimba boga moja akaingia ndani yake bila kuonekana hata kidogo.

Tembo walipofika, mmojawao akameza lile boga.

Walipomaliza kula maboga, wale tembo wakaenda zao maporini.

Walipopumzika tu, yule tembo aliyemeza boga lenye sungura ndani yake akasikia sauti ndani ya tumbo lake ikisema, “Kwa nini umenimeza?”

Yule tembo akashangaa.

Baadaye akawaambia tembo wenzake wampasue tumbo ili waone kilichomo ndani.

Wale tembo wengine wakakubali.

Walipompasua tumbo kule ndani wakaliona lile boga alilolimeza.

Kisha wakalipasua lile boga wakamkuta mjomba sungura.

Wakasema, “Loo!! kumbe ni huyu aliyetufanya tumwue mwenzetu.”

Tembo wengine walitaka wamwue sungura na wengine walitaka ale maiti ya yule tembo mpaka aimalize bila kumbakisha, ama sivyo wamuue.

Mjomba Sungura kwa ujanja wake aliwaambia wale tembo kuwa ati yeye hali nyama mbichi.

Na akasema, “Ngoja basi nikatafute kuni za kuchoma nyama.”

Tembo wakamjibu, “Wewe utatoroka na ujanja wako.”

Mjomba akawajibu, “Kama mnaogopa kutoroka kwangu basi tafuteni kamba ndefu inayofika mpaka msituni.

Mkishapata kamba hiyo mnifungie mguuni mwangu ili nisiweze kutoroka.”

Basi wakafanya kama alivyoamuru mjomba sungura.

Naye akwaamia, “Nikishapata kuni nitawaambieni -- vuteni....na nyie mvute.”

Mjomba alipofika msituni akamkuta kaka fisi.

Alimdanganya, akamwambia, “Kama utaingiza mguu wako kwenye hii kamba utapata nyama nyingi.”

Kaka fisi kwa ushenzi wake akaweka mguu wake kwenye ile kamba.

Basi Mjombs sungura akasema, “Vuteni!”

Wakamkokota kaka fisi mpaka mahali pale tembo walipokuwa.

Kisi hakukawia ila alianza kubagia nyama ya tembo.

Mjomba sungura alikaa juu ya kichunguu akichungua mambo yanayotokea.

Kaka fisi akala wee....mpaka nyama ikamfikia shingoni.

Basi tembo wakamwambia kaka fisi ya kuwa aanze kuimba nyimbo za swao kwa nguvu zake zote.

Mara ya kwanza alianza kwa sauti ya chini kabisa, “Bahu!” Wakampiga wee....

Baadaye wakamwambia aimbe kwa nguvu zake zote ama sivyo atauawa.

Akaimba kwa nguvu zake zote, “Bu-huuuu!!!” mpaka tumbo likapasuka, na mjomba sungura anayachekelea mambo yanayotokea.

Folk tale number 3:
Brother Hyena eats the whole elephant.

Once upon a time, in a small village, elephants came to eat pumpkins in the farms.

One day, Hare dug up a pumpkin and went inside it without being even a little bit visible on the outside.

When the elephants arrived, and one of them swallowed that one pumpkin.

When they finished eating pumpkins, those elephants went back to their wilderness.

As they retired, that elephant who had swallowed the pumpkin with the hare inside it, heard a voice within his stomach say, “Why did you swallow me?”

That elephant was astonished.

Afterwards, the elephant told his companions to open his stomach so they can see what was inside him.

Those other elephants agreed.

As they cut open the stomach, inside they saw the pumpkin he had swallowed.

Afterwards, they cut open that pumpkin and they found uncle Hare.

They said, “Loo!! this is the creature who made us murder our companion.”

Some elephants requested could murder the hare and others requested he might eat all of the dead elephant without leaving any, if not so, then murder him.

Uncle Hare, because of his cleverness, told those elephants that indeed he does not eat raw meat.

And he said, “Wait, while I search quickly for firewood to roast the meat.”

The elephants answered him, “you will escape with your cleverness.”

Hare answered them, “If you fear my escape, go find a long rope that can reach the bush.

When you find a long rope, tie it to my leg so that I’m not able to escape.”

Then they did as Uncle Hare directed them.

So he told them, “When I find the firewood, I will tell you -- pull....and you pull.”

When Hare arrived in the bush he found brother Hayena.

Hare lied to him by telling him, “If you put your leg in this rope, you will get lots of meat.”

Brother Hyena because of his stupidity, put his foot in the rope.

Then uncle Hare said, “Pull!”

The elephants pulled Brother Hyena back to where they were.

He did not delay but began feeding on elephant meat.

Uncle Hare was sitting on top of a hill assessing the activities that were taking place.

Brother Hyena ate wee!!...until he was full up to the neck.

The elephants told brother Hyena to start to sing songs of his style with all his energy.

The first time, he began with a very low tome, “Bahu!!” Wakampiga wee.....

Later they told him to sing with all his energy and if not, he will be killed.

He sang with all his energy, “bu-huuuuuuu” until his stomach burst and uncle hare was laughing at the activities that were taking place.