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Adurroota Caalaa
Mulualem Daba
Jesse Breytenbach
Afaan Oromo
Caalaan adurree ni jaallatta.

Mana isaa keessaa adurroota baayyee qaba.
Aduurrootta Caalaan qabu keessaa tokko gurraacha dha.

Adurreen kun foon baayyee nyaata.
Caalaan adurree furdaa tokkos qaba.

Adurreen kun waan hundumaa nyaata.
Adurreen inni kun immo mukaa irraa yaabachu jaallata.

Muka irraas oola.
Caalaan muka irra ni yaaba. Adurree isaa waliinis muka irraa ni oola.

Haati Caalaa dhuftee muka irraa akka buu'an in gargaartiin.
Caalaan adurroota dadhaboo lama qaba.

Guyyaa guutuu aduu irra ciisanii oolu.
Caalaan adurroota cimoo sadii qaba.

Yeroo galgalaahu hantuuta gola keessaa qabu.
Caalaan saree tokko qaba. Maqaan isaa Tolaa jedhama.

Tolaan hiriyyoota hin qabu. Tolaan gammada miti.
Adurroottin Caalaa, Tolaa hin jallatani. Mana keessa ni ari'atuni.

Innis fiigee baqata.
Caalaan barbaade gara manatti isaa deebisa. Adurroottin immoo ni aaru.

Tolaa ijaan arguu hin barbaadan.
Caalaan adurrootta meeqa qabaa?

Saddeet qabaa.
Caalaan saree meeqa qabaa? Tokko qabaa.

Tolaan amma eessa jiraa?
Adurree meeqa qabda manatti?

Saree meeqa qabda manatti?
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Adurroota Caalaa
Author - Khothatso Ranoosi and Marion Drew
Translation - Mulualem Daba
Illustration - Jesse Breytenbach
Language - Afaan Oromo
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
Original source http://paleng.weebly.com/.
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • Sulemaanʊ abʊnyaʊ
      Anii (Adaptation)
    • Tungowe twa Selemeng
      ChiNambya (Translation)
    • Kiti dza Selemeng
      ChiShona (Translation)
    • Bakaaze ba Selemengi
      ChiTonga (Adaptation)
    • Bakaaze ba Selemengi
      ChiTonga (Translation)
    • Acona a Selemeng
      CiNyanja (Adaptation)
    • Ma cona a Selemeng
      CiNyanja (Translation)
    • Ebibusi bia Selemeng'
      Ekegusii (Translation)
    • Selemeng's cats
      English (Translation)
    • Les chats de Selemeng
      French (Translation)
    • Baapuushi bakwa Mpundu
      IciBemba (Adaptation)
    • Baapuushi bakwa Selemeng
      IciBemba (Translation)
    • Amakati kaZamo
      isiZulu (Translation)
    • P'aka a Charo
      KiGiryama (Translation)
    • Mbaka sya Selemeng'e
      Kikamba (Translation)
    • Injangwe za Sano
      Kinyarwanda (Adaptation)
    • Paka wa Sigei
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Selemenge na niawu
      Lingala (Translation)
    • Chipuusi cha Silali
      Lubukusu (Translation)
    • Puusi dha Kelementi
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Ng'ipakae Selina
      Ng’aturkana (Translation)
    • Tsipusi tsia Selemeng
      Oluwanga (Translation)
    • Selemeng cats dem
      Pidgin English (Nigeria) (Translation)
    • Mpaka jwa Subo
      Pokomo (Translation)
    • Dikatse tša Selemeng
      Sepedi (Translation)
    • Dikatse tša Selemeng
      Sepedi (Translation)
    • Likatse tsa Selemeng
      Sesotho (Lesotho) (Original)
    • Dikatse tsa Selemeng
      Sesotho (South Africa) (Translation)
    • Dikatse tsa ga Selemeng
      Setswana (Translation)
    • Emakati a-Bakhona
      Siswati (Translation)
    • Zwimange zwa Tshilima
      Tshivenḓa (Translation)
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