The Frog and the Ox

Kwaɗo da Sa daya ce daga cikin Tatsuniyoyin Aesop kuma an ƙidaya su a lamba 376 a cikin Perry Index .  Labarin ya shafi kwaɗo wanda ya yi ƙoƙarin hura kansa zuwa girman sa, amma ya fashe a ƙoƙarin. Yawanci ana amfani da shi ga dangantakar zamantakewa da tattalin arziki.

 Sigar tatsuniya 
Akwai nau'ikan labarin gargajiya a cikin Girkanci da Latin, da kuma wasu labaran Latin da aka sake maimaitawa a zamanin da. Ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin Walter na Ingila yana cikin baiti kuma an biyo shi a zamanin Renaissance ta hanyar waƙar Neo-Latin ta Hieronymus Osius .  A wasu majiyoyi, kwaɗo yana ganin sa kuma yana ƙoƙarin daidaita girmansa; a wasu kuma kwaɗo yana ba da labarin wani babban dabba ne kawai ta wani kuma yana ci gaba da kumbura, yana tambaya a lokaci-lokaci, 'Shin ya kai girman wannan?'

Martial da Horace suna cikin mawakan Latin masu barkwanci waɗanda suka yi amfani da tatsuniyar kwaɗo da saniya, duk da cewa suna nuni zuwa ga nau'ikansa daban-daban. Labarin da Phaedrus ya bayar yana da kwaɗo wanda kishin saniya ya motsa shi, yana nuna ɗabi'ar da 'mutumin da ke buƙata, yayin da yake ƙoƙarin yin koyi da mai iko, ya lalace'. Aesopica site Wannan ne Martial ya yi nuni a cikin wani ɗan gajeren labari (X.79) game da 'yan ƙasa biyu da ke ƙoƙarin yin abin da ya fi juna ta hanyar gini a unguwannin birni.  Horace ya sanya wani nau'in labarin daban a ƙarshen dogon tattaunawa kan ɗabi'ar ɗan adam mai hauka (Satires II.3) inda Damasippus ya zargi mawaƙin da ƙoƙarin bin diddigin mai kula da shi mai arziki Maecenas . Labarinsa ya biyo bayan sigar Babrius inda wani saniya ya taka 'yan ƙananan kwaɗo kuma uban ya yi ƙoƙarin daidaita dabbar a girmanta lokacin da aka ba shi labarin. 
Wauta ta ƙoƙarin bin ƙa'idodin Joneses ita ce ƙarshen da La Fontaine's Fables ya yanke daga sigar Phaedrus ta labarin, yana amfani da shi ga zamanin fasaha da La Fontaine ta rayu ("Kwaɗo da yake son ya yi girma kamar sa", Fables I.3):

Labaru guda biyu makamantan haka sun wanzu a cikin tushen Girkanci amma ba a taɓa ɗaukar su a sauran ƙasashen Turai ba. Akwai wani quatrain a cikin Babrius game da tsutsar ƙasa wadda ke kishin tsawon maciji kuma ta fashe biyu yayin da take miƙewa don daidaita ta. Wannan shine lamba 268 a cikin Perry Index. Aesopica site A cikin wani tatsuniya, mai lamba 371 ta Perry, ƙadangare yana lalata kansa ta hanya ɗaya. Dabi'ar da aka bayar ita ce 'Wannan shine abin da ke faruwa da wanda ke fafatawa da manyansa: yana lalata kansa kafin ya iya daidaita su.' Aesopica site

Akwai kuma bambance-bambancen Afirka kan jigon, ciki har da wani abu da ya shafi mutanen Fon na Benin inda kwaɗo ke fafatawa da sa har sai ya fashe. Dabi'ar wannan labarin ita ce ya kamata a kiyaye buri matsakaici.  A wasu al'ummomi akwai karin magana da suka dogara da irin waɗannan labaran, misali, "Kwaɗo ya kwaikwayi giwa ya fashe" a cikin Kirundi  da kuma a cikin Amharic ;  kuma a cikin harshen Chewa na Zambia, kawai "Kwaɗo mai alfahari ya fashe" don ƙoƙarin yin kama da fiye da yadda yake. 

 Amfani da fasaha 
Tatsuniya ta kasance abin da aka fi so a Ingila kuma an yi amfani da ita sosai a ƙasar Sin a ƙarni na 18 ta hanyar tukwanen Fenton Aesopica site da kuma a ƙarni na 19 ta hanyar tukwanen Wedgwood . Wannan yana kan jerin faranti masu launi na Aesop, wanda Emile Lessore ya sanya wa hannu a shekarun 1860. Aesopica site Tukwanen Minton kuma sun yi amfani da tatsuniya a kan jerin tayal ɗin Aesop kaɗan bayan haka. A Faransa, wata ƙungiyar zane-zane ta biskit da ke nuna tatsuniya an buga ta ne ta masana'antar tukwanen Haffreingue da ke Boulogne tsakanin 1857-1859. An yi wa bijimin ado a ƙasa yana kallon kwaɗo kai tsaye a gaba. Aesopica site

Sauran amfani da aka yi sun haɗa da bayyanar tatsuniyar a kan tambari a lokacin cika shekaru ɗari na mutuwar La Fontaine a shekarar 1995. A Faransa, tana kan ɗaya daga cikin tambari shida na franc 2,80, kowannensu yana kwatanta tatsuniyar daban; a Albania, tatsuniyar ta bayyana kanta a kan tambarin leke 25 kuma a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙirar gaba ɗaya na tunawa da leke 60.  Sannan a ranar cika shekaru ɗari huɗu na haihuwar La Fontaine a shekarar 2021, Hungary ta nuna ta a kan takardar tunawa da tambari huɗu da Zsolt Vidák ya tsara. 

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