KwaunobvaNganoNgano yaRutendo neChidzidzo chaAmai Vake
Ngano
Ngano yaRutendo neChidzidzo chaAmai Vake
The Tale of Rutendo and Her Mother's Teaching
Ngano
Zvakaitika Rutendo aiva musikana aiwanzo chengetedzwa zvikuru naamai vake. Aigara achiudzwa kuti, "Musikana ane hunhu, haatauri zvisina maturo, haafambisi mashoko, uye anobatsira pamba." Rimwe zuva amai vakamuudza kuti asambovhura musuwo kana kushevedzwa nemusikana asingamuzivi, kunyanya kana vabereki vasipo.
Zuva rimwe, vabereki vakange vaenda kumunda, Rutendo ari oga. Pakasvika musikana asina kujairika, achishevedzera Rutendo kuti abude atore "chipo" kuna amai vake. Rutendo akaramba, achiti haazivi munhu wacho, uye akavhara musuwo. Pakazouya vabereki, vakaona kuti yaive nzira yekutapwa kwavana yakanga yambotaurwa mumusha. Vakavaudza kuti Rutendo achengetedzwa nokuteerera. Izvozvo zvakadzidzisa vana vese mumusha kukoshesa zano revanhu vakuru.
Chidzidzo
Kukosha kwekuteerera Kuremekedza mirayiridzo Kuzvidzivirira paengozi Tsika dzevana vevasichigare
The lesson
The importance of obedience. Respecting instructions. Protecting oneself from danger. The traditional values expected of children.
In English
Rutendo is a girl closely looked after by her mother, who often tells her that a girl of good character does not speak carelessly, does not spread gossip, and helps around the home. Her mother warns her never to open the door to a stranger, especially when her parents are away. One day, while her parents are at the fields and Rutendo is alone, an unfamiliar girl calls her to come out and collect a 'gift' from her mother. Rutendo refuses, saying she does not know the girl, and keeps the door shut. When her parents return, they realise it was an attempted child abduction that had been warned about in the village. They tell Rutendo she was protected by her own obedience, and the whole homestead learns to value the guidance of elders.