Nzou naMbeva paTsime 🔊

Kare kare zvakako, zuva rechirimo rakapisa zvikuru kusvikira nzizi dzose dzesango dzapwa.

Long ago, the dry-season sun blazed so fiercely that all the woodland streams ran dry.

Nzou akati kumhuka dzose, "Ndini mukuru ane simba, regai ndichere tsime pedyo nedombo iri!"

Elephant declared to all the animals, "I am the biggest and strongest; let me dig a well beside this boulder!"

Mbeva mudiki akaswedera pedyo akati, "Changamire Nzou, pasi pemuti wemuonde uyo ndipo pane unyoro nemvura."

Tiny Mouse stepped forward politely and said, "Honoured Elephant, beneath that wild fig tree is where the damp earth holds water."

Nzou akaseka akati, "Kambeva kadiki sei kanoziva nezvemvura kupfuura ini?" Akaramba achichera padombo kusvikira aneta.

Elephant laughed: "How could a tiny mouse know more about water than I?" He kept digging in the dry rock until he was exhausted.

Mbeva akatanga kuchera zvinyoro-nyoro pasi pemidzi yemuonde, ipapo ivhu nyoro rakabuda!

Mouse began scratching gently beneath the roots of the fig tree, turning up cool, dark, moist soil!

Nzou akaona unyoro hwacho, akakumbira ruregerero kuna Mbeva ndokubatsira kuchera kusvikira mvura yakachena yadzutuka.

Elephant saw the damp earth, humbly apologized to Mouse, and helped deepen the spring until clear water bubbled forth.

Mhuka dzose dzakanwa mvura dzichitenda uchenjeri hwaMbeva nesimba raNzou. Ndipo pakafira sarungano. Chidzidzo: Uchenjeri hunokunda kuzvikudza!

All the animals drank joyfully, thanking both Mouse's wisdom and Elephant's strength. Moral: Shared wisdom triumphs over pride!