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Curious about each other’s lives, they discuss how to adapt their routines to one another’s strengths and needs. After several days of hunger and discomfort, both animals choose to live with a flexible “trade” in behavior, meeting as friends and happily continuing their day and night hunting in their own adapted way.","ෙකාළ පාට කටුස්සා සහ හූනා Soeung Leakhena  \nYuom Kosal, Sou Sophy, Soeurm Kakada, Touch Kaosal, Chan Sophom  \nඒක හැන්දෑවක් , ෙකාළ පාට කටුස්ෙසක් ගහක අත්තක් දිෙග්බඩගෑවා.එකපාරටම , ඇය දැක්කා හූෙනක් ෙගදර බිත්තියකටඇලිලා ඉන්නවා . ඕහ්! අලුත් යාළුෙවක් , ඇය හිතුවා .  \n”හෙලා් , මම ෙකාළ පාට කටුස්ෙසක්”. ඇය කිව්වා .”මමකැමතියි දවල්ට ආහාර දඩයම් කරන්න.” ”හෙලා් , මම හූෙනක් ,” ඔහු කිව්වා .”මම කැමතියි රෑට ආහාර දඩයම් කරන්න .” ෙම්උරගෙයා් ෙදන්නට එක එක්ෙකනාෙග් ජිවිත ගැන උනන්දුවක්ඇති වුනා .  \n”ෙකාෙහාමද අපි එකිෙනකාෙග් ජීවත්වන ආකාරය මාරුකරගත්ෙතාත්?”හූනා කිව්වා .”මම බිත්තිෙය් කම්මැලිකෙම්ඉන්ෙන් , 􀀀􀀀 ඔයා වෙග් ගස් වල තණෙකාළ වල දඩයම්කරන්න පුළුවන් ෙවයි!”. ” එතෙකාට මටත් ඔයා වෙග් බිත්තිවල නැගලා දඩයම් කරන්න පුළුවන් ෙවයි!”කියලා ෙකාළ පාටකටුස්සා කිව්වා .”ඒක ෙගාඩක් විෙනා්ද ෙදයක් ෙවයි .  \nදවස් කීපයකට පස්ෙස් , මෙග් අත් , 􀀀􀀀􀀀􀀀􀀀 හූනාෙග්වෙග් ඇෙලන්ෙන් නෑ කියලා ෙකාළ පාට කටුස්සට ෙත්රුම්ගියා .”මට එයාට වෙග් බිත්ති වල ඇවිදින්න බැහැ . මට දඩයම්කරන්න බැහැ! අෙන්!􀀀􀀀 ෙගාඩක් බඩගිනි .  \nඒ අතරතුර , මට ෙම් දවල් කාලෙය් තිෙයන රස්නය ඉවසන්නබැහැ! කියලා හූනාට ෙත්රුම් ගියා . මෙග් හම කටුස්සාෙග් වෙග්ෙනෙම් , මට ෙගාඩක් රස්ෙනයි , මට දඩයම් කරන්න බැහැ . ඒවෙග්ම මට ෙගාඩාක් බඩගිනි!  \nඉතිං ඒෙගාල්ෙලා ආෙයත් මාරු ෙවන්න තීරණය කළා.ෙකාළපාට කටුස්සා ආෙයත් ඇයෙග් ගසට ගිහිල්ලා සතුටින් දවල්කාලෙය් දඩයම් කරෙගන හිටියා .  \nහූනා ආෙයත් ඔහුෙග් බිත්තියට ගිහින් සතුටින් රෑට දඩයම්කරෙගන හිටියා . එ◌්වාෙග්ම ඒෙගාල්ෙලා යාළුෙවා් වෙග් හිටියා .සමහර ෙවලාවට එ◌්ෙගාල්ෙලා් හවසට හමුවුණා .  \nBrought to you by  \nLet’s Read is a program of The Asia Foundation that supports early reading skills and habits to develop our next generation of critical thinkers and creative innovators in Asia and the Pacific.  \nTo read more books like this and get further information,  \nvisit: [letsreadasia.org](letsreadasia.org)  \nOriginal Story  \nෙකාළ පාට කටුස්සා සහ හූනා (The Green Lizard and the Gecko) . 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