🔊 The mountains he had ever known were the three volcanoes, which came up to his knees. And he used the extinct volcano as a footstool. "From a mountain as high as this," he said to himself, "I shall be able to see the whole planet at one glance, and all the people ..."

Duwatsu da ya taɓa sani su ne tsaunukan wuta guda uku, waɗanda suka zo har zuwa gwiwoyinsa. Kuma ya yi amfani da tsaunin wuta da ya ƙare a matsayin matattakalar ƙafa. "Daga wannan dutse mai tsayi kamar haka," ya ce a ransa, "Zan iya ganin dukan duniyar nan take, da kuma dukan mutane..."

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volcanoes /vɒlˈkeɪnəʊz/

n. Dutsen mai aman wuta ko dutse da ke fitar da wuta, ƙura, da duwatsu masu zafi daga cikin ƙasa.

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extinct /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/

adj. Wanda ya ƙare, ya mutu, ko ya daina aiki; kamar dutsen mai aman wuta da ba zai sake fashewa ba.

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footstool /ˈfʊtstuːl/

n. Ƙaramin benci ko abin da ake ɗora ƙafafu akan shi don nishadantarwa.

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glance /ɡlɑːns/

n. Kallon gaggawa ko na ɗan lokaci kaɗan.

🔊 But he saw nothing, save peaks of rock that were sharpened like needles. "Good morning," he said courteously.

Amma bai ga komai ba, sai ƙofofin dutse waɗanda aka kaifi kamar allura. "Barka da safiya," ya ce cikin ladabi.

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peaks /piːks/

n. Kololuwar ko mafi girman matsayi na wani abu, musamman tsaunuka.

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sharpened /ˈʃɑːrpənd/

adj. Wanda aka yi wa kaifi ko an sa shi ya zama mai kaifi.

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courteously /ˈkɜːrtiəsli/

adv. Cikin ladabi da mutuntawa.

🔊 "Good morning—Good morning—Good morning," answered the echo.

"Barka da safiya—Barka da safiya—Barka da safiya," amsar echo ta amsa.

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echo /ˈekəʊ/

n. Sautin da ke komawa bayan ya buga wani abu mai kauri, kamar dutse.

🔊 "Who are you—Who are you—Who are you?" answered the echo.

"Kai waye—Kai waye—Kai waye?" amsar echo ta amsa.

🔊 "Be my friends. I am all alone," he said.

"Ku zama abokaina. Ni kaɗai nake," ya ce.

🔊 "I am all alone—all alone—all alone," answered the echo.

"Ni kaɗai nake—kaɗai nake—kaɗai nake," amsar echo ta amsa.

🔊 "What a queer planet!" he thought. "It is altogether dry, and altogether pointed, and altogether harsh and forbidding. And the people have no imagination. They repeat whatever one says to them..."

"Wace duniyar ban mamaki!" ya yi tunani. "Gaba ɗaya busasshiyar ce, kuma gaba ɗaya mai kaifi, kuma gaba ɗaya mai tsauri da hani. Kuma mutanen ba su da tunani. Suna maimaita duk abin da mutum ya ce musu..."

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queer /kwɪər/

adj. Na ban mamaki, na ban sha'awa, ko na ban tsoro; wanda ba a saba gani ba.

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altogether /ˌɔːltəˈɡeðər/

adv. Gaba ɗaya, ko cikakke.

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harsh /hɑːrʃ/

adj. Mai tsauri, mai saɓa, ko mara kyau ga ji ko gani.

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forbidding /fərˈbɪdɪŋ/

adj. Wanda yake nuna tsoro ko hana mutum zuwa; mai ban tsoro.

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imagination /ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən/

n. Ƙarfin tunani na ƙirƙira abubuwa da ba a gani ba ko wanda ba a taɓa samun su ba.

Chapter XIX (Babi na Goma sha Tara)