The Talking Eggs (littafin hoto)

***Littafin "The Talking Kwai: A Folktale from the American South"*** littafi ne na hotunan yara na shekarar 1989 na Robert D. San Souci kuma Jerry Pinkney ne ya zana shi. An fassara shi ne daga tatsuniyar Creole game da wata ƙaramar yarinya da mahaifiyarta da 'yar'uwarta suka yi mata rashin kunya, ta haɗu da wata tsohuwa a cikin daji, kuma ta karɓi wasu ƙwai da ke ɗauke da taskoki.

## Labari
Wata bazawara mai talauci tana da 'ya'ya mata biyu kuma tana gudanar da gona da ke kiwon kaji da noman wake da auduga. Rose ita ce mafi tsufa kuma marar kirki. Blanche ita ce ƙarama kuma mai kirki. Mahaifiyar ta fi son Rose kuma ta tilasta wa Blanche ta yi duk aikin yayin da Rose da mahaifiyarta ke zaune a baranda suna tunanin ƙaura zuwa birni.

Wata rana, Blanche ta haɗu da wata tsohuwa a bakin rijiya wadda ta nemi ruwa don ta kashe ƙishirwarta. Blanche ta ba ta ruwa. Wannan ya sa ta makara lokacin da take kawo wa mahaifiyarta da 'yar uwarta ruwan. An yi wa Blanche tsawa aka kuma buge ta, ta gudu zuwa cikin daji inda ta sake haɗuwa da tsohuwar.

Tsohuwar ta kai Blanche gidanta a cikin daji domin ta zauna da ita na ɗan lokaci. Yayin da rassan suka buɗe hanyar zuwa gidan tsohuwar, ta shawarci Blanche da kada ta yi dariya a kan komai a wurin. Da suka shiga gidan tsohuwar, Blanche ta ga cewa tsohuwar tana da saniya mai kai biyu mai ƙaho kamar na alfadari . Akwai kuma kaji masu launuka daban-daban waɗanda ke busa kamar tsuntsayen da ke zagayawa, wasu daga cikinsu suna tsalle a kan ƙafa ɗaya, wasu suna da ƙafafu uku, wasu kuma suna da ƙafafu huɗu.

A can, Blanche ta yi halin kirki kuma ta bi umarnin tsohuwar. Yayin da take zuwa neman itace, tsohuwar ta cire kanta domin ta goge dogayen kitsonta guda biyu. Bayan ta mayar da kanta, ta ba Blanche ƙashin naman sa don ta saka a cikin tukunya wadda ba da daɗewa ba ta cika da miya. Lokacin da aka ba Blanche hatsi ɗaya na shinkafa don ta niƙa a cikin turmi na dutse, sai ta cika da shinkafa. Ranar ta ƙare da rawa da daddare daga zomaye cikin tufafi inda ɗaya daga cikinsu ya yi banjo.

Washegari da safe, Blanche ta shayar da saniya mai kai biyu wadda ke samar da madara mai daɗi. Kafin ta aika Blanche gida, tsohuwa ta kai ta gidan kaji ta ce ta ɗauki ƙwai da ke cewa "ka ɗauke ni" ta bar ƙwai da ke cewa "kar ka ɗauke ni". Da zarar ta kusa gida, an umurci Blanche da ta jefa su a kafaɗarta kuma za ta ji mamaki idan ƙwai suka karye.

Blanche ta shiga gidan kaji ta sami tarin ƙwai, wasu marasa tsari wasu kuma masu ado. Duk ƙwai marasa tsari suna cewa "ka ɗauke ni" waɗanda suke kama da na gargajiya kuma suna cewa "kada ka ɗauke ni." Blanche ta ɗauki ƙwai marasa tsari ne kawai kamar yadda aka gaya mata. Lokacin da ta jefa su a kafaɗarta abin mamaki, duwatsu masu daraja, kuɗi, da riguna sun fito daga cikinsu, tare da doki da karusa wanda Blanche ke hawa sauran hanyar gida.

Da Blanche ta isa gida, mahaifiyarta da 'yar uwarta suka taimaka wa Blanche ta ɗauki dukiyar a ciki ta yi kamar tana nuna mata alheri. Duk da haka, matan biyu suna da matuƙar kishi da abin da ya faru da Blanche. Mahaifiyarta ta shirya wa Rose shirin neman tsohuwar, ta sami nata dukiyar kamar yadda 'yar uwarta ta samu, ta dawo. Mahaifiyar tana shirin barin Blanche a gidan yayin da ita da Rose suka ƙaura zuwa birni.

Washegari da safe, sai tsohuwar ta haɗu da Rose a gona, wadda ta ambaci 'yar uwarta a gare ta. Tsohuwar ta mayar da ita gidanta, inda Rose ta yi akasin duk abin da aka ce Blanche ta yi wanda hakan ya ɓata wa tsohuwar rai. Bayan ta kwanta da yunwa saboda ba ta yarda da dabarar shinkafa ko ƙashin naman shanu da kuma shan madara mai tsami daga saniya mai kai biyu ba saboda ta yi dariya da shi, sai Rose cikin takaici ta ɗauki kan tsohuwar bayan ta cire ta kuma ta nemi irin abin da Blanche ta samu. Tsohuwar, wacce ta gamsu cewa Rose mugu ne, ta aika ta gidan kaza da irin umarnin da ta ba Blanche.

Kamar da, ƙwai marasa tsari sun ce "ka ɗauke ni" yayin da ƙwai masu kyau suka ce "kada ka ɗauke ni". Nan da nan Rose ta jawo hankalin ƙwai masu kyau ta kama su duka, sannan ta bar gidan. Daga ƙarshe Rose ta isa inda ake tsammanin za ta jefa ƙwai ta yi hakan, tana tsammanin za a yi mata ruwan dukiya. Madadin haka, ta sami akasin haka kuma macizai masu harbi, kwaɗi, kwaɗi, jackets masu launin rawaya, da babban kerkeci mai launin toka suka kore ta gida. Rose ta isa gida. Dabbobin sun kai wa mahaifiyarta hari bayan ta yi ƙoƙarin yaƙar su da tsintsiya yayin da ake bin su cikin daji.

Lokacin da suka dawo gida cikin fushi, ciwo, rauni, da laka, Rose da mahaifiyarta sun ga Blanche ta tafi birni don zama kamar kaka. Blanche ta kasance mai kirki da karimci kamar koyaushe. Har tsawon rayuwarsu, Rose da mahaifiyarta ba su sami ɗakin tsohuwar ba da ƙwai masu magana. Ba su sake samun wannan wurin ba.

## Haruffa

* Blanche - 'Yar ƙarama ita ce mai kirki, kirki da kulawa. Tana da kaifin basira kamar kurket arba'in.
* Rose - Babbar 'yar da ba ta da tausayi, mai son kai, kuma mai mugunta.
* Uwar - mahaifiyar Rose da Blanche wadda ba a ambaci sunanta ba. Ta kasance mai mugunta, mai fushi, kuma tana fifita Rose fiye da Blanche.
* Tsohuwa - Tsohuwa mai sihiri wacce ke zaune a wani gona mai sihiri kuma za ta iya cire kanta domin ta goge kitsonta biyu.

## Liyafar maraba
A cikin sharhin da Common Sense Media ta yi wa *The Talking Eggs*, ta rubuta "Robert D. San Souci ya jawo hankalin mai karatu da harshe mai sauƙi wanda ke kawo yanayin ƙasar ga rayuwa: "Sun zauna a gona mai talauci, ya yi kama da ƙarshen rashin sa'a." Kuma zane-zanen ruwan Jerry Pinkney sun nuna bambanci mai zurfi tsakanin rayuwar Blanche mai wahala ta gida da kuma bikin ban dariya a gidan tsohuwar matar." 

*Kirkus Reviews*, ya rubuta "Wani labari mai daɗi game da wani nau'in Creole mai taurin zuciya na tatsuniyoyi da aka tattara sosai."  kuma *Mujallar Laburaren Makaranta* ta kira shi "gudummawa ta musamman ga kundin tatsuniyoyi na Amurka" 

An kuma yi bitar *The Talking Eggs* ta *Publishers Weekly*,  da *Booklist* . 

## Kyaututtuka

* Kyautar Zane-zanen Littattafai ta Coretta Scott King ta 1989 - girmamawa 
* Kyautar Baƙar Littattafai ta Irma Simonton ta 1989 - wacce ta lashe 
* Lambar yabo ta Caldecott ta 1990 - girmamawa 

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