The Fox and the Weasel

Fox da Weasel lakabi ne da ake amfani da shi don rufe tarin tatsuniyoyi inda wasu dabbobi da dama suka bayyana a cikin wani labari mai irin wannan yanayi na asali wanda ya shafi mummunan tasirin kwadayi. Daga asalin Girkanci, ana ƙirga shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin Tatsuniyoyi na Aesop kuma an ƙidaya shi a lamba 24 a cikin Perry Index . 

 Sigogi 
A cikin sigar labarin Girkanci, wani dila mai kiba da yunwa ya sami abincin da makiyaya suka bari a cikin ramin itace amma bai iya sake fita ba saboda ya ci abinci da yawa. Wani dila ya ji kukan baƙin ciki kuma ya ba shi shawara cewa dole ne ya ci gaba da zama a wurin har sai ya yi siriri kamar lokacin da ya shiga. Saboda babu tushen Latin, tatsuniyar ta kasance ba a san ta ba ga sauran ƙasashen Turai har sai da aka farfaɗo da ilimin Girka a Renaissance .

Labarin Girka ya bazu zuwa gabas da yamma. Ya sake bayyana a cikin Talmud na Babila a matsayin labari game da wani dila ɗaya wanda zai iya shiga gonar inabi kawai ta cikin ƙaramin rami a cikin shinge kuma dole ne ya yi yunwa don ya shawo kan wannan. Da zarar ya shiga, sai ya nutse amma ba zai iya fita ba har sai ya yi siriri kamar lokacin da ya shiga. Mai hikima Geniba ta ba da labarin wannan a cikin bimbini kan rubutun "Kamar yadda mutum ya fito daga cikin mahaifiyarsa tsirara, haka zai fita kamar yadda ya zo" ( Mai-Wa'azi 5:15). Kamar yadda yake a cikin labarin, mutum ba zai iya ɗaukar komai daga cikin kayan duniya zuwa mutuwa ba. 

An san wani nau'in labarin Girkanci daban a Roma, kodayake babu wani tarin tatsuniyoyi da aka yi amfani da shi a ciki da ya tsira. Duk da haka, an ci gaba da shi a cikin ɗaya daga cikin wasiƙun wasiƙun Horace zuwa ga Maecenas (I.7, layuka 29–35): 

Wannan sigar ce ta yi tasiri ga yawancin waɗanda suka zo daga baya, kodayake akwai nau'ikan su, ya danganta da ƙasar da aka faɗa musu. Amma, kamar yadda yake a cikin mahallin waƙar Horace, duk suna koyar da darasin daidaita burin mutum tunda wuce gona da iri yana kawo matsala kawai.
Ɗaya daga cikin farkon bayyanar da aka yi a cikin majiyoyin Ingilishi shine a cikin bugu na John Ogilby na tatsuniyoyi na Aesop inda wani dila ya kama a cikin wani katon gida kuma wani dila ya ba shi shawara wanda shi ma yana nan.  A cikin sake ba da labarin Sir Roger L'Estrange 'yan shekaru kaɗan bayan haka, dila ya kama a cikin kazar kaza kuma ya sami shawara daga dila da ke wucewa a waje.  Samuel Croxall ya ba da labarinsa mai kyau na 'ɗan ƙaramin beraye mai yunwa, siririn hanji' wanda, fiye da dila Horace, ya shiga cikin kwandon masara kuma ya jawo dila da kuka yana neman taimako lokacin da ba zai iya fita ba.  Brooke Boothby ya ba da labarin iri ɗaya a farkon ƙarni na gaba a cikin aya  da Thomas Bewick a cikin rubutun. 

A cikin sigar Faransanci, wani abu ne da ake kira weasel wanda ya makale a cikin rumbun adana abinci . A cikin La Fontaine's Fables, shawarar yin slim wani beraye ne ke ba da ita a cikin ginin  yayin da a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Edmé Boursault Esope à la ville, shawarar ta fito ne daga wani dila mai wucewa.  Marubucin wasan kwaikwayo na Ingila John Vanbrugh ya kafa barkwancinsa na Aesop akan na ƙarshe (1697) amma ba zato ba tsammani ya mayar da shi wani babban dabba. Aesop ɗinsa ya ba da labarin cewa akuya mai yunwa ta matse cikin rumbun adana abinci mai kyau kuma ta fahimci ba tare da wani mai shiga tsakani ba cewa azumi shine kawai damarta ta dawowa.  Duk da haka, sigar Boursault ta shahara sosai a Ingila don ta nuna shekaru biyar bayan haka a cikin ƙasidar ayoyin siyasa ta Thomas Yalden, Aesop at Court . 

 Daidaitawa 
A shekara ta 1518, mawaƙin Italiya Ludovico Ariosto ya fara jerin barkwanci don kwaikwayon Horace. Na farko daga cikinsu ya daidaita Wasiƙar zuwa ga Maecenas amma ya ba da wani labari daban inda jaki ya shiga ta cikin bango mai fashewa zuwa tarin masara kuma linzamin kwamfuta ya ba shi shawara lokacin da ba zai iya fita ba.

A Ingila, AA Milne ya daidaita labarin a matsayin babi na biyu a cikin littafinsa na Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) 'inda Pooh ya je ziyara ya shiga cikin mawuyacin hali'. A wannan yanayin, beyar ta sha zuma da madarar da aka tace fiye da kima yayin da take ziyartar Zomo kuma ta makale lokacin da take ƙoƙarin fita daga ramin. Yana ɗaukar mako guda na yunwa kafin a iya fitar da shi. 

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