Why Is There A Hole In The Wall?
“Why is there a hole in the wall?” Lungisa asks. He gets lots of interesting answers…but he keeps on asking.
Lungisa lived in a village called esiKhaleni or Place of Noise.
Some people also called it Hole-in-the-Wall.
“Why is there a hole in the wall?” Lungisa asked his mother.
“Because one of the sea-people used a giant fish head to break through the wall so that he could get to the woman he loved.”
“Interesting,” said Lungisa.
“Why is there a hole in the wall?” Lungisa asked his teacher.
“Because waves crashed against the rock for millions of years, and made a hole in the sandstone,” said his teacher.
“Interesting,” said Lungisa.
“Why is there a hole in the wall?” Lungisa asked his granny.
“So that our ancestors will have a gateway to us.”
“Interesting,” said Lungisa.
“Why is there a hole in the wall?” Lungisa asked his auntie.
“It is a window to God.” “Interesting,” said Lungisa.
“Why is there a hole in the wall?” Lungisa asked his friend.
“Because a ship crashed into the wall.” “Interesting,” said Lungisa.
“Why is there a hole in the wall?” Lungisa asked his little sister.
“So that my brother will keep on asking questions,” she said.
And Lungisa laughed.
But he kept on asking.
- gateway: a place through which you can go to reach another place
- waves: a raised line of water that moves across the surface of the sea or ocean
- giant: very large
- crashed: to hit something hard while moving causing noise and damage
- ancestors: a person in your family who lived a long time ago
Ref: Google Dictionary, Oxford Learners Dictionaries, kids.wordsmyth.com, MacMillan Dictionary, Word Hippo
- gateway: гарц: өөр газар хүрэх замаар явж болох газар
- waves: долгион: далай, далайн гадаргуу дээгүүр хөдөлдөг усны дээш өргөгдсөн шугам
- giant: аварга: маш том
- crashed: осолдсон: хөдөлж байхдаа ямар нэгэн зүйлийг хүчтэй цохих, дуу чимээ, гэмтэл учруулах
- ancestors: өвөг дээдэс: танай гэр бүлийн аль эрт амьдарч байсан хүн
Source: Translate.Google.com
- gateway: шлюз: басқа жерге жетуге болатын орын
- waves: толқындар: теңіз немесе мұхит бетімен жылжитын көтерілген су желісі
- giant: алып: өте үлкен
- crashed: апатқа ұшырады: қозғалу кезінде қатты нәрсеге соғылып, шу мен зақым келтірді
- ancestors: ата -бабалар: сіздің отбасыңызда бұрыннан өмір сүрген адам
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- gateway: เกตเวย์: ที่ซึ่งคุณสามารถไปถึงที่อื่นได้
- waves: คลื่น: แนวน้ำที่เคลื่อนผ่านพื้นผิวทะเลหรือมหาสมุทร
- giant: ยักษ์: ใหญ่มาก
- crashed: ชน: กระแทกบางสิ่งอย่างแรงขณะเคลื่อนที่ทำให้เกิดเสียงและความเสียหาย
- ancestors: บรรพบุรุษ : คนในครอบครัวของคุณที่อาศัยอยู่เมื่อนานมาแล้ว
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- gateway: गेटवे: एक ठाउँ जसको माध्यम बाट तपाइँ अर्को ठाउँमा पुग्न जान सक्नुहुन्छ
- waves: छालहरु: पानी को एक उठेको लाइन हो कि समुद्र वा महासागर को सतह मा सार्दछ
- giant: विशाल: धेरै ठूलो
- crashed: दुर्घटना: शोर र क्षति को कारण सार्दै गर्दा केहि कडा हिट गर्न
- ancestors: पुर्खाहरु: तपाइँको परिवार मा एक व्यक्ति जो एक लामो समय पहिले बाँच्यो
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