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Translation by Naima Elmi (#32660)

We live in one of the tiny apartments in a multi-storeyed building complex that provides shelter to a number of middle-class families. But, the members of the family Felis Domestica who have taken a fancy to our complex might very well outnumber the members of Homo Sapiens. Because these quadrupeds with retractable claws, who can boast of their country cousins- Lions, Tigers, Lynxes, and Ocelots fear no one in our vicinity. The increasing feline population possessing nine lives up their claws bothers everyone but provides comic relief to many.

These cats in our avenue have their own strict demarcations about territory. The ground floor, first and second-floor mousers keep to their floors except for hungry forays into the kitchens across the lines of control. The terrace is exclusively reserved for the young ones and occasionally used by the aristocrats from the erstwhile Siam for body lickings and sunbaths. Some of the tomcats find cozy corners for a purring sleep in places where there isn’t room to swing a cat in, such as the watchman’s cabin, where they might have found the poor fellow catnapping. God has gifted these cats with two voice boxes one for purring and another for meowing and a few of the feline sopranos in our locality keep all the residents awake with their nocturnal orchestras on special occasions.

Some of the residents who wish to be clean as a cat in pattens get irritated when these grey cats mess up their things. The hawks among the residents strongly feel that these cats should be driven out with a cat o’nine tails. But the doves are undecided waiting to see which way the cat jumps. Well, we don’t know who will be called to bell the cat!
Waxay nu ku noolnahy guri ku yaal guriyihi hore oo ka koban dabaqyo badan.midkasi oo ka sacidaya meel aad ku hoydan dadka nolosha dhexe ku nool.lakin xubnaha bahda bisadaha guriyaha ku nool oo u qatan mala awaal inay tahay, kuwasi waxay cadene inay yihin kuwo aad ugu dhaw kuwa loo yaqan (homo sapiens),maxa yelay kuwa leh cidiyaha so labmaya oo ah kuwa la xifaltami kara kuwa lamidka ah sida libaaxyada,shabeekada, haram cadka iyo weliba bisada barafka ku nool cid kama baqan. Kororka qomka bisadaha oo leh sagaal nolol cidiyahoda inay dadka dhiban lakin laga helo faido badan.
Bisadahan ku nool dhulkan waxay leyihin xadeyn adag oo ugar ah. Qeybta hoose, tan kore iyo tan dhexe waxa leh jiirarka ama dooliyasha marka laga rebo kuwa baahan. Guriyaha waxa keliya logu tala gale kuwa yar yar waxa isticmala keliya kuwa horjoga yasha ah in ay jirkoda carabka ku lefan iyo in ay qoraxda ku qubeystan. Kuwa kamid ah xabal yanyuredka waxay raadiyan melaha raaxada leh si ay u helan hurdo nadif ah mesha aan guri oga bananen kuwa ah yanyuraha lula, tusaale, qolka waardiyaha halkaso ay ka heli labayen hurdo aan ficnen.Allah wuxu siiyey bisadahan labo cod mid ay isku leefan iyo mid ay ku ciyaan.sido kale qaar yaro ka tirsan bisadaha guryaha waxay dhiban ama soo jed ku dilaan waxa u dhaw dhamaan aya isticmalaya codadkoda habenki meelaha qar.
Kuwo ka mid ah deegaanka oo jeclan laha in ay nadif ahadan soda bisadaha aya dhibsada marka bisadaha gareyga ah ay haleeyan waxoda. Haada oo ka tirsan kuwa la nool aya waxay darenta in bisadahan lala baxsho bisadaha sagaalka seyn leh. Lakin wooleyda aya si goan laan ah u sugeysa in ay aragto sida bisada ay u boodo, hagag ma garaneno qofka loowici doono si uu u qaraaco bisada !


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