Full Text: Sheekadii Labada Jiir Ee Xumaa
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Original Text: Sheekadii Labada Jiir Ee Xumaa
Beri baa waxaa jiray guri caruusad oo aad u qurux badan; wuxuu ahaa leben cas oo leh daaqado cadcad, wuxuuna lahaa daahyo maslin oo dhab ah, albaab hore, iyo qiiq-bax.
Waxaa lahaa laba caruusadood oo la oran jiray Lucinda iyo Jane; ugu yaraan waxaa lahayd Lucinda, laakiin waligeed ma dalban jirin cunto.
Jane waxay ahayd kariyaha, laakiin waligeed waxba ma karin jirin, maxaa yeelay cashada waxaa la soo iibiyay iyadoo diyaar ah, oo ku dhex jirta sanduuq ay ka buuxaan xiirmooyin alwaax ah.
Waxaa jiray laba aargoosato oo guduudan iyo hilib doofaar, kalluun, buding, iyo xoogaa cambaruud iyo liin macaan ah.
Kama ay soo go'ayn saxannada, laakiin aad bay u qurux badnaayeen.
Subax ayaa Lucinda iyo Jane waxay u baxeen tamashle iyagoo saaran gaariga caruusadda. Qofna ma joogin qolka carruurta, aad ayayna u aamusnayd. Markaas ayaa waxaa yeeray shanqadh yar oo xoqid iyo xarxariiq ah oo ka timid gees u dhow meesha dabka lagu shito, halkaas oo uu dalool kaga yiil hoosta looxa salka gidaarka.
Tom Thumb ayaa madaxiisa soo saaray cabbaar, kadibna si degdeg ah dib ugula noqday.
Tom Thumb wuxuu ahaa jiir.
Daqiiqad ka dib, Hunca Munca, oo ah xaaskiisii, ayaa iyaduna madaxa soo saartay; oo markii ay aragtay in aan cidna joogin qolka carruurta, ayay u soo baxday marada shiraaca ah ee meesha dabka lagu shito agteeda.
Guriga caruusadaha wuxuu ku yiil dhinaca kale ee dab-shidka. Tom Thumb iyo Hunca Munca ayaa si taxaddar leh uga gudbay roogga. Waxay riixeen albaabka hore—ma uusan qufulnayn.
Tom Thumb iyo Hunca Munca ayaa dabaqa sare u baxay oo soo fiiriyay qolka cuntada. Kadibna farxad ayay la ciyeen!
Cunto casho oo aad u qurux badan ayaa miiska saarneyd! Waxaa meesha yiilay malqacado daasad ah, iyo mindiyo iyo fargeetooyin rasaas ah, iyo laba kursi oo caruusad—dhammaantoodna aad bay u habboonaayeen!
Tom Thumb ayaa markiiba guda galay inuu jaro hilibka ham-ka. Wuxuu ahaa huruud qurux badan oo dhalaalaya, oo xariiqmo casaan ah leh.
Mindidii ayaa isku laabantay oo dhaawacday; wuxuuna fartiisa geliyay afkiisa.
“Si fiican looma karkarin; wuu adag yahay. Adigu isku day, Hunca Munca.“
Hunca Munca ayaa isku taagtay kursigeeda oo ham-ka ku jarjartay mindi kale oo leedh ah.
“Wuxuu u adag yahay sida ham-ka yaalla deli-ga,“ ayay tiri Hunca Munca.
Ham-kii ayaa saxanka si xoog ah uga jabay oo miiska hoostiisa ku giringiriyey.
"Iska daa," ayuu yiri Tom Thumb; "xoogaa kalluun ah i sii, Hunca Munca!"
Hunca Munca waxay mid mid u tijaabisay malqacad kasta oo daasad ah; kalluunkii wuxuu ku dheganaa saxanka.
Kadib Tom Thumb wuu xanaaqay. Wuxuu dhigay ham-kii bartamaha dhulka wuxuuna ku garaacay qabatadii iyo majarafaddii—jug, jug, burbur, burbur!
Ham-kii wuxuu u firdhaday cadcad, sababtoo ah rinjiga dhalaalaya hoostiisa wuxuu ka samaysnaa malaas oo keliya!
Markaas cadhada iyo niyad-jabka Tom Thumb iyo Hunca Munca ma lahayn dhamaad. Waxay burburiyeen pudding-ka, aargoosatada, cambaruudka iyo liimaha.
Maadaama kalluunku uusan ka go'in saxanka, waxay ku rideen dabka waraaqda laalaaban ee casaanka kulul ee jikada; laakiin isna ma uusan guban.
Tom Thumb wuxuu kor u fuulay dhuunta qiiqa ee jikada oo uu dusha sare ka soo eegay—ma jirin wax dambas ah.
Intii uu Tom Thumb ku jiray qiiq-baxa, Hunca Munca waxay la kulantay niyad-jab kale. Waxay miiska dushiisa ka heshay weelal yaryar, oo lagu calaamadeeyay—Bariis—Qaxwe—Saago—laakiin markii ay foorarisay, waxba kuma jirin gudaha marka laga reebo kuulal casaan iyo buluug ah.
Markaas jiirarkaas waxay bilaabeen inay sameeyaan dhammaan shiddadii ay awoodaan—gaar ahaan Tom Thumb! Wuxuu dharkii Jane ka soo saaray khaanadaha armaajada ee qolkeeda jiifka, wuxuuna ka tuuray daaqadda dabaqa sare.
Laakiin Hunca Munca waxay lahayd maskax tashiil badan. Ka dib markay soo bixisay badh ka mid ah baalasha barkinta dheer ee Lucinda, waxay xasuusatay inay iyadu rabtay sariir baalal ah.
Iyadoo uu caawinayo Tom Thumb, waxay barkintii u xambaartay dabaqa hoose oo ay roogga ka gudbisay. Way adkayd in barkinta lagu cidhiidhiyo godka jiirka; laakiin si uun bay ugu guulaysteen.
Kadib Hunca Munca ayaa dib u noqotay oo keentay kursi, armaajo buugaag, qafis shimbiro, iyo dhowr waxyaabood oo yaryar oo kala duwan. Armaajadii buugaagta iyo qafiskii shimbiraha ayaa diiday inay galaan godka jiirka.
Hunca Munca ayaa iyagii kaga tagtay meesha dabka lagu shito agteeda, waxayna aaday inay soo qaadato sariirta ilmaha.
Hunca Munca ayaa soo noqonaysay iyadoo wadata kursi kale markii si lama filaan ah loo maqlay shanqadh hadal ah oo ka imanaysa bannaanka marinka. Jiirarkii ayaa dib ugu degdegay godkoodii, caruusadihiina waxay soo galeen qolkii carruurta.
Muuqaal layaab leh ayaa ka hor yimid indhaha Jane iyo Lucinda!
Lucinda waxay fariisatay kariyaha jikada ee rogmaday oo ay soo dhaygagtay; Jane-na waxay ku tiirsatay miiska jikada oo ay dhoollacaddaysay—laakiin midkoodna eray ma oran.
Armaajada buugaagta iyo qafiska shimbiraha ayaa laga soo badbaadiyay meel u dhow meesha dabka lagu shido—laakiin Hunca Munca ayaa haysata sariirta ilmaha, iyo qaar ka mid ah dharka Lucinda.
Waxay kaloo leedahay dheriyo iyo digsiyo waxtar leh, iyo waxyaabo kale oo dhowr ah.
Gabadha yar ee guriga caruusadda lahayd ayaa tiri,—
“Waxaan soo qaadan doonaa caruusad u labbisan sida askari boolis ah!“
Laakiin kalkaalisadii ayaa tiri,—
“Waxaan dhigi doonaa dabin jiir!“
Sidaas darteed, taasi waa sheekadii labadii Jiir ee Xumaa—laakiin ugu dambayntii ma aysan ahayn kuwo aad u dhib badan, sababtoo ah Tom Thumb wuxuu bixiyay lacagtii wax kasta oo uu jebiyay.
Wuxuu roogga hoostiisa ka helay qadaadiic qalloocan; habeenkii Kirismaskana, isaga iyo Hunca Munca waxay ku rideen mid ka mid ah sharabaadyadii Lucinda iyo Jane.
Iyo subax kasta xilli aad u horeysa—inta aan cidna soo kicin—Hunca Munca ayaa timaada iyadoo wadata qashin-qaadeheeda iyo xaaqinteeda si ay u xaaqdo guriga caruusadaha!