Tha Calum a' fuireach ann an taigh beag geal. Tha an taigh faisg air a' mhuir. Tha cù aig Calum. Is e Fionn an t-ainm a th’ air. Tha Fionn na chù mòr, donn. Tha earball fada air. Is toigh le Fionn a bhith a' ruith agus a' cluich. Bidh e a' cluich le ball dearg. Tha e a' ruith anns an achadh a h-uile latha. Tha an t-achadh uaine agus farsaing. Tha craobhan mòra ann.

Aon latha grianach, tha Calum a' toirt cnàimh mòr do Fhionn. Tha Fionn a’ crathadh an earbaill aige. Tha e glè thoilichte. Tha e a’ cagnadh a’ chnàimh. An uairsin, tha e a' toirt a' chnàimh a-mach don ghàrradh. Tha e ag iarraidh àite math airson a' chnàimh fhalach. Tha e a' coimhead air cùlaibh craoibhe. Chan eil sin math. Tha e ro fhurasta fhaicinn.

Tha e a' coimhead faisg air a' bhalla cloiche. Chan eil sin math nas motha. Tha e a' tòiseachadh a' cladhach. Tha e a' cladhach toll beag san talamh. Tha an talamh bog. Tha e a' cur a' chnàimh anns an toll. An uairsin, tha e a' putadh an ùir air ais le a shròin. Tha e toilichte a-nis. Tha an cnàimh sàbhailte. Bidh e a' dol a-steach don taigh airson deoch uisge.

An ath latha, tha Fionn ag iarraidh a chnàimh. Tha e a' dol a-mach. Tha e a' dol chun an àite far an robh an toll. Chan eil an cnàimh ann. Tha an toll falamh. Tha Fionn brònach. Bidh e a' rannsachadh a' ghàrraidh. Càit a bheil an cnàimh aige?

Tha e a' coimhead timcheall gu faiceallach. Tha e a' faicinn rudeigin geal fo phreas. Dè th' ann? Is e cat a th' ann. Cat a' choimhearsnaich. Is e Sona an t-ainm a th' air a' chat. Tha Sona na chat geal le sùilean gorma.

Tha Sona a' cluich le rudeigin. Tha Fionn a' coiseachd gu slaodach. Tha e a' dol nas fhaisge. Chan e dèideag a th' aig a' chat. Chan e eun a th' ann. Is e an cnàimh aige! Tha an cat a' coimhead air Fionn. Chan eil eagal air.

Bidh an cat a' putadh a' chnàimh le a spòig. Tha e ga phutadh gu Fionn. Chan eil an cat ag iarraidh a' chnàimh. Tha an t-uisge a' tòiseachadh. Tha an cat dìreach a' gluasad a' chnàimh gu àite tioram. Tha e ga chumail sàbhailte bhon uisge.

Briathrachas (Vocabulary)

• cù: dog

• cnàimh: bone

• faisg air: near to

• muir: sea

• earball: tail

• a' ruith: running

• achadh: field

• a' crathadh: shaking

• a’ cagnadh: chewing

• a' falach: hiding

• toll: hole

• talamh: ground, earth

• sàbhailte: safe

• brònach: sad

• cat: cat

• coimhearsnach: neighbour

• spòig: paw

• uisge: water, rain

• tioram: dry

Ceistean Tuigse (Comprehension Questions)

1. Dè an t-ainm a th' air a' chù?

2. Càit a bheil Fionn a' falach a' chnàimh?

3. Carson a ghluaiseas an cat an cnàimh?

English Translation

The Dog and the Bone

Calum lives in a small white house. The house is near the sea. Calum has a dog. His name is Fionn. Fionn is a big, brown dog. He has a long tail. Fionn likes to run and play. He plays with a red ball. He runs in the field every day. The field is green and wide. There are big trees in it.

One sunny day, Calum gives Fionn a big bone. Fionn wags his tail. He is very happy. He chews the bone. Then, he takes the bone outside to the garden. He wants a good place to hide the bone. He looks behind a tree. That's not good. It's too easy to see.

He looks near the stone wall. That's not good either. He starts to dig. He digs a small hole in the ground. The earth is soft. He puts the bone in the hole. Then, he pushes the soil back with his nose. He is happy now. The bone is safe. He goes into the house for a drink of water.

The next day, Fionn wants his bone. He goes outside. He goes to the place where the hole was. The bone is not there. The hole is empty. Fionn is sad. He searches the garden. Where is his bone?

He looks around carefully. He sees something white under a bush. What is it? It is a cat. The neighbour's cat. The cat's name is Sona. Sona is a white cat with blue eyes.

Sona is playing with something. Fionn walks slowly. He gets closer. It's not a toy the cat has. It's not a bird. It is his bone! The cat looks at Fionn. It is not scared.

The cat pushes the bone with its paw. It pushes it to Fionn. The cat doesn't want the bone. The rain is starting. The cat is just moving the bone to a dry place. It is keeping it safe from the rain.