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THE SQUAD GIRAFFE

A very big place was reserved for giraffes in the zoo which was in Gülhane Park. There lived a mother and a father giraffe with their two children. They were walking with a swaying movement all day long and the visitors were watching them. The mother and the father giraffes had been living in that place for a very long time so that they got used to living there and they didn't complain about it, but their children were bored and they always asked their father: ' How long are we going to live here? When are you going to take us to the places that you have told us in the fairy tales?'.

One day one of his children asked him, 'Daddy, how did we come here? Who took us here?'.

Then the father giraffe decided to tell his children the story of their grandfather who lived very far away from there so that they could be able to understand how they ended up in that place.

And he started:

'All the giraffes are very tall and have long necks but your grandfather was very short when he was born. As the years passed away he become older but he could not get taller and as he got older the desire to be a star in a circus grew more and more in his heart. He did not want to live in that place, and being an ordinary giraffe was not proper for him. So he started to organize shows in the wood where he lived to achieve his goal. All the animals living in that wood were interested in his shows and watched his imitations of different animals happily.

One day hunters came to that wood. They were there to catch some animals and take them to a zoo. While they were watching around with their binoculars on a hill, they saw the squad giraffe making his show. When they saw his admirable acting and excellent show they thought that he was a marvellous juggler so they decided to catch him. After the show they started to follow him secretly. The squad giraffe was not surprised because he knew that to be successful there were some difficulties that he had to struggle with. He thought in details about what he should do to dispose of those hunters in and made a very brilliant plan.

He knew that if he did something without planning it he would have some difficulties and would be caught by the hunters easily. It was impossible to understand what the hunters' intention was and how they were planning to catch him.

The next day the hunters pinched him near a reed bed. While the hunters were moving ahead they were so happy because they were sure of catching him as there was nowhere for him to run away. When they found out that he disappeared, they could not believe their eyes. They realized that the footprints of the squad giraffe disappeared near the reed bed. In fact this was a part of the giraffe's plan. He escaped from there by getting on a trunk of a tree which he had hidden there the day before. The following day he could hear the hunters saying that if he was caught, he was going to be taken to a zoo. After hearing this conversation he became so happy that he appeared jigging up and down on his four feet. Then he howled like a wolf and roared like a lion. The hunters were shocked when they saw him doing such things and behaving like a fool. After that the squad giraffe started doing all the tricks that he knew one after another and finished his show. The hunters liked his show very much so that they applauded him.

When he was taken to the zoo, he started living here where we live now. But he continued making his shows in his new home. In the meantime my mother and he fell in love. After a time I was born. When I was a little giraffe I remember that a lot of people were coming here to see him and to watch his shows. He was making his shows all day long without getting tired. By the way an international circus used to come here on certain dates of each year. Once while the circus was being established here the owner of it started walking around the zoo. When he saw the crowd he what was happening there so he smuggled into the crowd. After watching the squad giraffe making his show he understood that he was very talented and could become a world-famous star so he gave him lots of money to transfer him to his circus. The squad giraffe put this opportunity into good use and after a few rehearsals he appeared on the stage. He was so successful that the number of people who came to the circus increased suddenly.

The circus used to stay for ten days wherever it was established and there used to be only one show during the day. After the small giraffe started working there this changed and four or five shows a day were being made and that year the circus stayed in the zoo for a month.

The next year when the circus came here my father visited us. He was here to see my mother and me and his friends. We were very happy.

We were together for about two hours. He told us that he had been to a lot of countries making shows and attracted attention of everybody. He wanted to become a star in a circus and he did his best for this and finally he achieved his goal. He was so happy. Did you understand how we came here to this place?'
'Yes, daddy we did. We got it very well', the children replied all together and they looked at each other smiling.

There is an undeniable truth that there is nothing which can not be done if you want to do it so much. Nothing or nobody can stop you. You might have some dreams of your own or you would like to be as successful as somebody you admire there is nothing to stop you so you should go for it. The little giraffes followed their grandfather's footsteps and became very successful circus stars. If you look at the sky very carefully at night you can see them blinking you.

Written by: Serdar Yıldırım






THE LİON THAT PLAYS THE GUİTAR


The lion, king of woods, didn’t have a son to continue his family and kingdom so that he was very unhappy. If he had a son, his son would grow up in a few years time and walk around in the woods throwing his mane into the air. When he roared to keep the security of the woods all the criminals or the ones who were getting ready to commit a crime would look for a place to hide as they got frightened of his voice and his power. Why didn’t he have a son to leave his crown and kingdom? He didn’t even have a single relative or a child of a relative to whom he might teach how to be a king or manage the woods and who can be the king after he get older. The king must be noble and aristocrat. It wasn’t easy to be a king. Anybody who wants to be a king couldn’t manage the woods. He should have noble descendants. If the king made an ordinary lion the king there would be some problems because that lion might be unable to manage all the animals that lived in his kingdom which might cause a chaos and a rebellion would break up and this might result in death of lots of animals.

The king of the woods thought that he should leave his kingdom and his crown to a lion which was from his family otherwise he would not be relaxed. So that he decided to check out his family tree once more much more carefully. He agreed on controlling every detail about his father, his grandfather and his other relatives in details. I must find a lion that is noble.

He made lots of researches for a very long time and as a result he found out some new information about his family. Four generations ago when the king left his kingdom to his elder son the younger one got really upset and that he abandoned the kingdom. While searching for some information about his family he learned that this lion started to live in a very far away wood which was called Grandr. He started a new life which was very simple there. He couldn’t find any other information about what had happened to that lion afterwards. The king invited the fox to his palace and told him about all those things. Then the king wanted the fox to make an investigation if he could find any of his relatives
in that woods and also he ordered him to bring the youngest and talented one with him to the king’s palace. The fox wasn’t going to tell anyone about his journey to any other animals otherwise it was going to be killed.

When the fox reached the Grandr woods he saw a small group of people who were listening to a small lion playing the guitar. The fox was really surprised because he had never seen a lion playing the guitar before. And the lion was playing it very well. He wanted to see the lion’s performance and listen to him from a nearer place so that he walked along through the crowds and took a seat at the first row. Now he could hear the sound of the guitar much better. He listened to the lion playing his guitar for a while and as a result he thought that it was such a talented lion. He wanted to listen to the lion’s concert till the morning but it was impossible because when it got dark the lion ended his concert and thanked to those who were listening to his concert. The fox was really impressed and it was the best performance he had ever seen and listened to.

The next day the fox started his investigation to find out something about what had happened to the youngest son of the king that had left his homeland many years ago. He talked to each of the animals and asked them if they knew anything about that lion and what might have happened to him, if he had any sons or if he died alone without having a family and children of his own but he couldn’t find the answers of these questions because none of the animals that he talked to didn’t gave him a clear explanation. They all told him that they didn’t know anything about that lion and his story.


The fox’s investigation took ten days and in the end a very old lion confessed that he knew something about the lion that he was trying to get some information about. There was only one lion that survived and all the others had died and that was the lion playing the guitar when he first arrived in those woods. It wasn’t very difficult to find that lion for the fox. He was again giving a concert at the same place. When the concert ended the fox went beside the lion and told him that he was sent there by the king of the woods and that the king had heard about that talented lion so that invited him to give a concert in his palace. The lion accepted the king’s invitation and set off his journey with the fox to go to the palace.

When they arrived at the palace the fox firstly showed the lion his room and then went to talk to the king about what had happened in details. Fortunately a lion that was noble and coming from the royal family had been found. What is more it was really talented. But his being able to play the guitar surprised the kind and he also thought that it was very strange for a lion to play the guitar.

After having dinner in the dining room of the palace the lion started his concert. All the animals that were listening to his concert in the palace were fascinated. Everybody thought that he had supernatural powers as if a magical hand was playing the guitar and sometimes the lion was also singing while playing his guitar and that was really unbelievable.

Day after day as the king got to know the lion he started to love him much more. He was noble, honoured, well informed besides he was respectful and cultured. Moreover he was the king’s cousin. What else would be expected from a lion that was going to be the king? The king decided to leave his kingdom to this lion. But the king couldn’t find a way to explain this situation to him. It was very difficult for the king to do this. The days were passing by but the king couldn’t talk to the lion about his intention. Fortunately he could find the courage at himself to talk to the lion all about. And he told him every detail.

‘Here is the family tree and these are the names or our grandparents that were the kings before. When my grandfather was requested as a king after his father, your grandfather left the palace and moved to Grandr woods. And you are the only one who survives of his descendants. I mean you are my cousin and you are the only one who will be the king after I die’.

The lion wasn’t surprised when he heard what the king had told him. He had listened to those stories from his father many times. He told the king that he had known everything. The king congratulated the lion because of his honesty. He might have pretended as if he didn’t know anything but he didn’t do so. As a result the king was so honoured because of having a cousin like him and he was very pleased that he could find the right lion to leave his kingdom.

Written by: Serdar Yıldırım

 

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KELOĞLAN OF RICH COUNTRIES

KELOĞLAN ZENGİNLER ÜLKESİNDE


In the old times , when in the hay , straw smoke , in a patch Keloğlan lived . This has been very diligent Keloğlan . Work hard, hoping to earn a lot separated from the village , went to work in the city .

Zaman zaman içinde, zaman saman içinde, saman duman içinde, yaman bir Keloğlan yaşarmış. Bu Keloğlan çok çalışkanmış. Çok çalışır, çok kazanırım umuduyla köyünden ayrılmış, şehre çalışmaya gitmiş.


Days, weeks , months were chasing each other , but a kind of Keloğlan who do not have what you want . Had found work in the city where there are not continuously have jobs . Works five days , three days, traveling empty , runs for a week , ten days looking for a job if traveling empty . Increase the days worked if some money , with that money in the days of leisure visit would go. Ultimately zero zero. What is prolonged if you shortened . Whether it does , you get a job that runs continuously , you save money . Get a great big house with a garden . Get new items get into the house , get dressed , get put on . Even on holidays you're always having to wear the same dress .

Günler, haftalar, aylar birbirini kovalamış, fakat Keloğlan istediğini bir türlü elde edememiş. Şehirde iş varmış var olmasına da bulduğu işler sürekli olmazmış. Beş gün çalışır, üç gün boş gezer, bir hafta çalışır, on gün boş gezer iş ararmış. Çalıştığı günler biraz para arttırırmış, boş gezdiği günlerde bu para ile geçinirmiş. Sonuçta sıfıra elde var sıfır. Ne uzar ne kısalırmış. İstermiş ki, devamlı çalışacağı bir işi olsun, para biriktirsin. Şöyle kocaman bahçeli bir evi olsun. Evin içine yeni eşyalar alsın, giyinsin, kuşansın. Bayram günlerinde bile hep aynı elbiseyi giymek zorunda kalmasın.


Which country goes to the city thought it would change this situation . Abundance and prosperity of the country since childhood he frequently hear on their way to go to the Land of the Rich . Days, weeks and walked way . Have become rich at the end of the Land . Suffered at the entrance door of the house in front of the first villages founded upon a man was sitting under a gazebo . Keloğlan that man come a long way , you want to work , looking for work said . The man glared at Keloğlan and angrily asked : " What are you going to find a job ? "

Ülkesinde hangi şehre gitse bu durumun değişmeyeceğini düşünmüş. Çocukluğundan beri bolluk ve refah ülkesi diye adını sıkça duyduğu Zenginler Ülkesi’ne gitmek üzere yollara düşmüş. Günlerce, haftalarca yol yürümüş. Sonunda Zenginler Ülkesi’ne varmış. Uğradığı ilk köyün girişinde evinin kapısı önüne kurduğu çardak altında oturan bir adama rastlamış. Keloğlan adama uzun yoldan geldiğini, çalışmak istediğini, iş aradığını söylemiş. Adam, Keloğlan’a dik dik bakmış ve sinirli bir şekilde sormuş: “ İş bulup da ne yapacaksın? “


Keloğlan : " I have worked and earned money ," he said .

Keloğlan: “ Çalışıp para kazanırım “ demiş.


Man has more than one sitting on the knees straighten. In a manner even more frustrated than before : " What do you need money ? " He asked. Man Keloğlan too degraded to the last word . He has a swallowing . One that comes to mind at the time , told me that it will be given up fighting cause . In a calm manner :

Adam otururken birden dizlerinin üzerinde doğrulmuş. Öncekinden daha da sinirli bir şekilde: “ Parayı ne yapacaksın? “ diye sormuş. Adamın son sözüne Keloğlan çok bozulmuş. Şöyle bir yutkunmuş. O anda aklına geleni söylese kavgaya neden olacağını düşünüp vazgeçmiş. Sakin bir şekilde:



" I get clean clothes with the money wins . I get vineyard_garden . I get home . I get new items . I'll be the owner . What else can you do with the money ? "He said.

“ Kazandığım para ile temiz elbiseler alırım. Bağ-bahçe alırım. Ev alırım. Yeni eşyalar alırım. Mal sahibi olurum. Para ile başka ne yapılır ki? “ demiş.


Keloğlan has the answer man laughed uproariously . " You're a very Keloğlan Gesundheit " he said. " For years , neither wept nor laughed. You've made me laugh, I'm making you laugh . Look Keloğlan our country Rich Country , they say. In this country, money is not used. Already every need is met .

Keloğlan’ın cevabına adam kahkahalarla gülmüş. “ Sen çok yaşa emi Keloğlan “ demiş. “ Yıllar var ki, ne ağladım ne güldüm. Sen beni güldürdün, ben de seni güldüreyim. Bak Keloğlan, bizim ülkeye Zenginler Ülkesi derler. Bu ülkede para kullanılmaz. Zaten her ihtiyacın karşılanır.

Everything here is so abundant
Headlong stream flows
Apples, pears from the tree falls
They sleep under the arbor .

Burada her şey pek boldur
Dere akar paldır küldür
Elma, armut daldan düşer
Çardak altında uyunur.

My clothes are clean clothes
There are trials and tribulations here
Bread, food is free
Here are our restaurants here.

Giysilerim temiz urba
Dert ve keder yoktur burada
Ekmek, yemek bedavadır
İşte lokantamız şurada.

Download moved to the neighboring town sitting at home . If you want to sit there . No purchase , not rent . Every month a new dress, shoes are distributed . Three meals a day are given a free meal at the restaurant village . In the garden, fruit trees , walnut trees are very abundant . Eat, drink , yachts, enjoy. "

Karşıdaki evde oturan komşu şehre taşındı. Orada sen otur istersen. Satın alma yok, kira yok. Her ay yeni elbise, ayakkabı dağıtılıyor. Günde üç öğün köy lokantasında bedava yemek veriliyor. Bahçede meyve ağaçları, ceviz ağaçları pek boldur. Ye, iç, yat, keyfine bak. “


Keloğlan settled home that day . Standing home-owner of the bark of the dream. Man in front of the gazebo has set himself an arbor . He did well until the evening came . They went to dinner together with neighbors . Not at the table did not have . Meat dishes, roasting , sweets , rice , have different kinds of compotes . Keloğlan has ever seen such a table .
By sneezing and wheezing eaten up by, drank. Table at the beginning of faintness , have undergone evil . They Keloğlan forced away from the table . Have brought to the house put him to bed .
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Keloğlan o gün eve yerleşmiş. Durup dururken ev-bark sahibi oluvermiş. Adamın çardağının karşısına kendi de bir çardak kurmuş. Akşama kadar yan gelmiş yatmış. Akşam yemeğine komşusuyla beraber gitmişler. Sofrada yok yokmuş. Etli yemekler, kavurmalar, tatlılar, pilavlar, hoşaflar çeşit çeşitmiş. Keloğlan şimdiye kadar böyle bir sofra görmemiş. Aksırınca ve tıksırıncaya kadar yemiş, içmiş. Sofra başında baygınlıklar, fenalıklar geçirmiş. Keloğlan’ı zorla sofradan uzaklaştırmışlar. Evine getirip yatağına yatırmışlar.


Keloğlan asleep that night until the morning . They went to breakfast in the morning together with neighbors again . Honey - to pies , the markers have done the - donut breakfast . Then come to their house were sitting under the pergola . Come to dinner was noon , the evening was come to dinner , and then lay down to sleep , it took several months have such a uniform way . Keloğlan gained weight by day , was a fat boy . Keloğlan forgotten the name . The villagers have started calling him Şişmanoğlan.

Keloğlan o gece sabaha kadar uyumuş. Sabah kahvaltısına yine komşusuyla beraber gitmişler. Ballı-börekli, pastalı-çörekli kahvaltı yapmışlar. Sonra evlerine gelip çardak altında oturmuşlar. Öğlen oldu haydi yemeğe, akşam oldu haydi yemeğe, sonra yatıp uyumaya, bu böyle tekdüze şekilde aylarca sürmüş. Keloğlan gün geçtikçe kilo almış, şişman bir oğlan olmuş. Keloğlan adı unutulmuş. Köydekiler kendisini Şişmanoğlan diye çağırmaya başlamışlar.


Dream within a dream one night in the house was asleep . Where all kinds of food and drink while eating a big meal itself was seeing . Eaten , drunk eaten , drunk ijtima the swollen , swells the swollen , she had burst at the end of boom and spread to places . Keloğlan associated with this condition have pity . In a move that quickly turned into Şişmanoğlan very hard . Frowning :

Bir gece evinde uyurken rüya içinde rüya görmüş. Her çeşit yiyecek ve içeceğin bulunduğu büyük bir sofrada kendisini yemek yerken görüyormuş. Yemiş içmiş, yemiş içmiş, içtikçe şişmiş, şiştikçe şişmiş, sonunda boom diye patlamış ve yerlere yayılmış. Bu durumu acıma duygusu ile seyreden Keloğlan’mış. Şişmanoğlan’a doğru çok sert bir hareketle hızla dönmüş. Kaşlarını çatmış:


" There, you see that Şişmanoğlan . You dream within a dream is over. Now I 'm your virtual dream . Freeliver like to see the waist waist , if you continue to sit back in the end what will happen . In the past you were like me , did Keloğlan . He was strong , agile remember , remember hardworking . And now look at you. Not move a finger to come to you . I'm asking you here for months. What if you win ? Here, too tired to think no avail . Let me tell you the answer : Did not win anything , did you also lose health . Look at me when Şişmanoğlan . My bother me . Or you can go back to the old days , or enter into dream every night , it would beat you with a stick , "he said , remove the stick and started hitting Şişmanoğlan . Awakened from a nightmare that saw Şişmanoğlan wailing . Covered in sweat , though each side hurts .


“ İşte gördün Şişmanoğlan. Rüya içinde gördüğün rüya bitti. Şimdi ben senin asıl rüyanım. Böyle bol bol yiyip bel bel bakınmaya, yan gelip yatmaya devam edersen sonunun ne olacağını anladın. Eskiden sen de benim gibiydin, Keloğlan’dın. Kuvvetliydin, çeviktin, çalışkandın. Ya şimdi şu haline bak. Parmağını bile kıpırdatmak sana zor geliyor.
Sorarım sana aylardır buradasın. Ne kazandın sanki? Dur, hiç boşuna düşünüp de yorulma. Cevabını söyleyeyim: Hiçbir şey kazanmadın, ayrıca sağlığını kaybettin. Bana bak Şişmanoğlan. Benim canımı sıkma. Ya eski günlere geri dönersin, ya da her gece rüyalarına girer, bu sopayla seni döverim “ demiş, sopayı kaldırmış ve Şişmanoğlan’a vurmaya başlamış. Şişmanoğlan gördüğü korkulu rüyadan feryat ederek uyanmış. Ter içindeymiş, her tarafı ağrıyormuş.


" I've eaten at dinner too much rice . I think this is why I'm seeing this nightmare , "he said to himself. In your dreams, they started coming sake . Eventually, in the Keloğlan ' dreams have decided that what they say is the absolute truth . Description is as follows have done : Human surely it should work comes from the study of living in idleness , which was lazing human crises will ship the crisis , the appearance of the human to human may vary, in itself, this situation plenty of eating occur in the form and consequently the fat aware that it has , it is difficult the only way out of the situation is to start working again understand .

“ Akşam yemeğinde haddinden fazla pilav yemiştim. Bu korkulu rüyayı görmemin sebebi bu herhalde “ demiş kendi kendine. Rüyasında gördükleri hatırına gelmeye başlamış. Sonunda, rüyasındaki Keloğlan’ın söylediklerinin mutlak doğru olduğuna karar vermiş. Açıklamasını ise şöyle yapmış: İnsanın mutlaka çalışması lazım geldiği, çalışmadan yaşamanın tembellik olduğu, tembelliğin insanı bunalımlara sevk edeceği, bunalımın ortaya çıkış biçiminin insandan insana değişebileceğini, kendisinde bu durumun bol bol yemek yeme şeklinde meydana geldiğini ve bunun sonucu olarak şişmanladığının bilincine vardığını, bu zor durumdan kurtulmanın tek yolunun yeniden çalışmaya başlamak olduğunu anlamış.


The sun rising again to return to the Land of the Rich towards the village on their way to say goodbye . As in the past , you know that hard-working days close , like crochet Keloğlan sees in the imagination as it happens.

Sabah güneş doğarken bir daha dönmemek üzere Zenginler Ülkesi’ne veda edip köyüne doğru yollara düşmüş. Eskiden olduğu gibi, çalışkan günlerin yakın olduğunu biliyor, hayalinde tığ gibi Keloğlan’ı görür gibi oluyormuş.


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RUNNER PENGUINS

A very curious penguins live at the South Pole was running . These penguins constantly train, and was prepared to contest the front row and always finish the contest would imagine , but either the last or the penultimate race was completed . The greatest success , however, has joined five penguin has become the third in a race . This situation penguins bored one day runner has left his hometown and went to swim in Argentina. Penguin Runner became friends with a monkey here . One day in monkeys :

"We If we could race hundred yards farther up the tree , can you write me ? "She asked .

Monkey smiled :

"That depends . I'll race you there Let's see who will be next to the first tree . "

A little later the race began. Runners up in the final meters of the race penguin took a step ahead , but suddenly reducing the speed of the monkey helped win the race . In this penguin runner , won the race , but as I passed the monkey or she is bored with me one more does not race , thinking he was effective.

In the days following the penguin runners continued their friendship with the monkeys . Sometimes they do , sometimes runners in the race penguin, monkey sometimes was the first.

One day the two friends begin to complete the race , they heard a rustling in the grass . Now they stood up to the side of the sound and saw a turtle came towards them .

Penguin Runner :

"Hi friend, we will compete to download the trees . Would you like to participate in this race ? "She asked .

Turtle:

"I 'm through both of you ," he then , the first runner penguin , monkey , finished second in the race much later than they finished the race . Three days later competed several times , turtles ambitious spoke before a race , but it was always the last one .

One day I will join the competition running between turtles and tortoises will be the first after saying :

"Precise my first . Look, you see , I 'm finished the race in the front row . They can not compete with me . Victory is mine , "he said . Turtle took the first race from start to finish was ahead .

Running from the monkey monkeys participated in the contest and was fourth . Monkey before the contest was always first , he said. Tried very hard to be the first runner to convince the penguins . The debate would almost turned into a fight between the runners penguins go too far :

"You say it is I will be first , then convince yourself first and then you can not already . To win, you must mean I'm gonna win . This is not to say arrogance , is to think big . Great thinking great things can be achieved. I'm gonna win , I will be first in , first place , "he insisted , but could not listen .

Here you need to accusations monkey . Monkey in the vicinity of the great thinking and great conversation had heard many times what was wrong . This medieval mentality of the residence was difficult to uproot from his head . Penguin Runner aware of this situation , because the days after the contest with a monkey on the same subject again and again felt the need to talk . He believed in the infinite monkey was champion . Meanwhile the time has passed and it came a moment , the monkeys were first subscribe to .

After a while runner penguin, decided to return to the South Pole . Acquaintances when saying goodbye to the beach the day after tens of thousands of forest animals as the eye can see that the ocean was ranked in front . Runners left in the middle of an ever-expanding circle less then many penguins , ten thousand of the "Argentine your homeland , do not go stay here " begin to sing , and his eyes were filled with emotion . This was thought to remain in Argentina, where so much loved . When finished runner penguin singing with stentorian voice : " Argentina is my home , I'm not staying here, " he shouted .



KOŞUCU PENGUEN

Güney Kutbu’nda koşuya çok meraklı bir penguen yaşardı. Bu penguen devamlı olarak antrenman yapar, yarışmalara hazırlanırdı ve hep ön sırada yarışmayı bitirmeyi hayal ederdi, fakat ya sonuncu ya da sondan bir önceki olarak yarışı tamamlardı. En büyük başarısı ise, beş penguenin katıldığı bir yarışta üçüncü olmaktı. Bu duruma canı sıkılan koşucu penguen bir gün doğup büyüdüğü yerleri terk etti ve yüzerek Arjantin’e gitti. Koşucu penguen burada bir maymunla arkadaş oldu. Bir gün maymuna:

“ Şu yüz metre ilerdeki ağaca kadar yarışsak, beni geçebilir misin? “ diye sordu.



Maymun gülümsedi:

“ Belli olmaz. Yarışalım da görelim bakalım kim önce ağacın yanına varacak. “

Biraz sonra yarış başladı. Son metrelere kadar koşucu penguen yarışı bir adım önde götürdü, fakat aniden hızını azaltıp, maymunun yarışı kazanmasını sağladı. Bunda koşucu penguenin, yarışı kazandım gibi ama ya maymunun geçildi diye canı sıkılır da bir daha benimle yarışmazsa, diye düşünmesi etkili oldu.

Sonraki günlerde koşucu penguen ile maymun arkadaşlıklarını sürdürdüler. Ara sıra yaptıkları yarışlarda bazen koşucu penguen, bazen de maymun birinci oldu.

Günlerden bir gün iki kafadar tam yarışa başlarken, otların arasında bir hışırtı duydular. Hemen doğrulup sesin geldiği tarafa döndüler ve bir kaplumbağanın kendilerine doğru geldiğini gördüler.

Koşucu penguen:

“ Merhaba arkadaş, biz karşıdaki ağaca kadar yarışacağız. Bu yarışa sen de katılmak ister misin? “ diye sordu.

Kaplumbağa:

“ Ben ikinizi de geçerim “ dedikten sonra, koşucu penguenin ilk, maymunun ikinci sırada tamamladığı yarışta onlardan çok çok sonra yarışı tamamladı. Üçü daha sonraki günlerde defalarca yarıştı, kaplumbağa her yarıştan önce iddialı konuştu fakat hep sonuncu oldu.

Bir gün kaplumbağa kaplumbağalar arası koşu yarışmasına katılacağını ve birinci olacağını söyledikten sonra:

“ Kesin birinci benim. Bak görürsünüz, ben yarışı en ön sırada tamamlarım. Onlar benle boy ölçüşemez. Zafer benimdir “ dedi. Kaplumbağa yarışı baştan sona önde götürüp birinci oldu.

Maymun da maymunlar arası koşu yarışmasına katıldı ve dördüncü oldu. Maymun yarışma öncesi hep birinci olamayacağını söyledi. Koşucu penguen çok uğraştı birinci olacağına inandırmak için. Aralarındaki tartışmalar neredeyse kavgaya dönüşecekti ki, koşucu penguen fazla ileri gitmedi:

“ Sen birinci olacağım demedikten sonra, kendini buna inandırmadıktan sonra zaten birinci olamazsın. Kazanmak için, kazanacağım demek gerekir. Bu kibirlilik demek değildir, büyük düşünmek demektir. Büyük düşünmeden büyük işler başarılamaz. Kazanacağım, birinci olacağım de, birinci ol “ diyerek çok ısrar etti fakat dinletemedi.

Burada maymunu fazla suçlamamak gerekir. Maymun yakın çevresinden büyük düşünmenin ve büyük konuşmanın yanlış olduğunu pek çok defa dinlemişti. Bu ortaçağ kalığı zihniyeti onun kafasından söküp atmak zordu. Koşucu penguen bu durumun farkına vardığı için, yarışmadan sonraki günlerde aynı konuyu maymunla tekrar tekrar konuşmak ihtiyacını hissetti. Maymunun şampiyon olacağına inancı sonsuzdu. Aradan zaman geçti ve öyle bir an geldi ki, maymun birinciliklere abone oldu.

Bir süre sonra koşucu penguen, Güney Kutbu’na geri dönmeye karar verdi. Tanıdıklarıyla vedalaştığının ertesi günü sahile indiğinde on binlerce orman hayvanının göz alabildiğince okyanusun önünde sıralandığını gördü. Az sonra giderek genişleyen birçok dairenin ortasında kalan koşucu penguen, on binlerin “ Arjantin senin vatanın, gitme burada kal “ şarkısını söylemeye başlamasıyla duygulandı ve gözleri doldu. Bu kadar çok sevildiği Arjantin’de kalmayı düşündü. Şarkı bitince koşucu penguen gür sesiyle: “ Arjantin benim vatanım, gitmiyorum, burada kalıyorum “ diye bağırdı.


SON



KELOĞLAN WITH CLOUDS

KELOĞLAN a strange once lived in Anatolia . Can not you like to work but our products will be collected from the field , toss a hand KELOĞLAN arrived , he rushed to the aid of neighbors, though . Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant balls though . Not giving money when it's done , just to have lunch with chicken soup . Well, I'm already home home for lunch with chicken soup is cooking, cause I'm tired of working and says if his back .

One morning clouds gathered in the sky , it suddenly started to rain heavily tarnished and . Even as oil drops of rain and at the end have been flooding to unite. What's left surrounding the house , nor barn , nor the fields , nor the garden . All have been wiped out , took it with him . KELOĞLAN a tree out of the main flood survived.

Rain was listening to half an hour . KELOĞLAN come down from the tree with the master . KELOĞLAN rain was very angry . He called to the cloud in a shower of :

"O cloud , big cloud, now you better forget it.
What's the matter said quickly , looking at it in my face .
Remember that destroyed the house of a house , why did you leave them homeless ?
I have my main homeless, we're heartbroken in the bottomless pit. "

KELOĞLAN 's reproachful words were voiced over the cloud :

" KELOĞLAN , KELOĞLAN , I am ashamed , I can not look at your face .
I 'm angry for no reason , go through plenty of oil .
Do not think I will stay right people , animals , what happens?
Plantations, gardens would plunder my passes . "

KELOĞLAN 's cloud upon the request of twenty-four hours before the time taken . The next day it rained in that region , but little by little, fat five hours and have no place waterlogging , flooding has not. So you can be successful with cloud rational solutions of the issues have been learned .





KELOĞLAN İLE BULUT

Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da bir garip KELOĞLAN yaşarmış. Çalışmayı sevmezmiş ama bizim tarladan ürün toplanacak, gel bir el atıver KELOĞLAN, diyen konu komşunun yardımına koşarmış. Domates, biber, patlıcan toplarmış. İş bitince para veren olmaz, sadece öğle yemeği tarhana çorbası. Eh, öğlenleri evde anam zaten tarhana çorbası pişiriyor, neden çalışıp yorulayım der ve yan gelip yatarmış.

Bir sabah vakti gökyüzünde bulutlar toplanmış, ortalık kararmış ve şiddetli bir yağmur başlamış. Yağdıkça yağmış ve sonunda yağmur damlaları birleşip sel olmuş. Çevrede ne ev bırakmış, ne ahır, ne tarla, ne bahçe. Hepsini silip süpürmüş, alıp götürmüş. KELOĞLAN ile anası bir ağaca çıkıp selden kurtulmuşlar.

Yağmur yarım saatte dinmiş. KELOĞLAN ile anası ağaçtan inmiş. KELOĞLAN yağmura çok kızgınmış. Yağmuru yağdıran buluta seslenmiş:

" Ey bulut, koca bulut, artık sen iyiyi unut.
Nedir derdin çabuk söyle, bakma yüzüme öyle.
Bir evi olanın evini yıktın, neden sen onları evsiz bıraktın?
Anamla ben de evsiz kaldık, dipsiz kuyularda dertlendik kaldık. "

KELOĞLAN 'ın sitem dolu sözleri üzerine bulut dile gelmiş:

" KELOĞLAN, KELOĞLAN, utanıyorum, senin yüzüne bakamıyorum.
Ben nedensiz sinirlenirim, bolca yağar geçer giderim.
Düşünmem insanlar sağ mı kalır, hayvanlar ne olur?
Tarlaları, bahçeleri talan eder geçerim. "

KELOĞLAN 'ın isteği üzerine bulut zamanı yirmi dört saat önceye almış. Ertesi gün yine o bölgeye yağmur yağmış ama azar azar, beş saatte yağmış ve hiçbir yeri su basmamış, sel gelmemiş. Böylece bulut meselelerin akılcı çözümlerle başarılı olabileceğini öğrenmiş olmuş.


SON




CATS AND RATS

Two-storey villa in a sleepy cat , but had a good heart . Villa of the man and his wife who have gone to the office early in the morning or all day if you come as well .

One day I came here four pups with the mother mouse . Prepare their nest in the corner of the room , began to pilfering food from the kitchen .

Days have passed increasingly rats love this place , but could not warm up a kind of cat . Being nice to them , they fired at the end of the cat showing the location of food .

Villa owner, the cat looked gone, replaced have bought a cat named Monster . Monster, drop mouse to go to the kitchen , did not allow their noses to eject it from the slot .

Open with puppies , the mother mice opportunity to find a few villas and well behaved but sleepy cat found in a hut in the forest . He told her the situation , ask for forgiveness , but cats have definitely return .

Then cubs field near the mother mice in tears , separated from the villa . Sleepy cat how much you love good-hearted but always told their offspring .

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KEDİLER VE FARELER

İki katlı villanın iyi kalpli ama uykucu bir kedisi varmış. Villanın sahibi olan adam ve karısı sabah erkenden bürolarına gidince bütün gün yan gelip yatarmış.

Bir gün buraya anne fare ile dört yavrusu gelmiş. Salonun köşesine yuvalarını hazırlayıp, mutfaktan yiyecek aşırmaya başlamışlar.

Günler geçip gittikçe fareler burasını çok sevmişler ama kediye bir türlü ısınamamışlar. Kendilerine nazik davranan, yiyeceklerin yerini gösteren kediyi sonunda kovmuşlar.

Villa sahibi, bakmış kedi gitmiş, yerine Canavar adında bir kedi satın almış. Canavar, bırak farelerin mutfağa gitmesine, burunlarını yuvadan çıkarmasına izin vermemiş.

Yavrularıyla birlikte aç kalan anne fare bir fırsatını bulup villadan kaçmış ve iyi kalpli ama uykucu kediyi ormandaki bir kulübede bulmuş. Ona durumu anlatmış, af dilemiş ama kedi kesinlikle geri dönmemiş.

Daha sonra yavrularını yanına alan anne fare, gözyaşları içinde, villadan ayrılmış. İyi kalpli ama uykucu kediyi ne kadar sevdiğini hep yavrularına anlatmış.


SON




MONKEY AND THE BOAR FAMILY

There was a monkey . In the forest he sold pretzels . But the poor have good hearts was . One day while walking on the sidewalk in these monkeys , the road can not get over- speeding and cornering use of young wild boar was hit by a motorcycle .

Severity of the impact of the monkey's head struck the wall of a building. Monkey who lost a lot of blood in the hospital and in surgery. The remaining monkeys have finally regained consciousness in a coma for two months. Than a month in hospital and the hospital began to roam the corridors were called monkey trial was knowing what to do when seated in the dock. Engine damage he has left, a young wild boar and given to the court by the family.

In court, the lawyer representing the family of wild boar , monkey blamed . Monkey, wound healing , and brain damage due to the difficulty with speech , because could not defend himself .

The judge convicted the monkey . Thereupon, monkeys , wild boar family, lawyer and judge begged , cried , tears have been shed .

Eventually, the monkey's become sore wild boar family , has withdrawn his complaint and the judge , the monkey released .




MAYMUN VE YABAN DOMUZU AİLESİ

Bir maymun varmış. Ormanda simit satarmış. İyi kalpliymiş ama fakirmiş. Bir gün bu maymuna kaldırımda yürürken, yolda aşırı hızla giden ve virajı alamayan genç yaban domuzunun kullandığı motosiklet çarpmış.

Çarpmanın şiddetiyle maymunun kafası bir binanın duvarına çarpmış. Çok kan kaybeden maymunu hastaneye kaldırmışlar ve ameliyata almışlar. İki ay komada kalan maymun nihayet kendine gelmiş. Bir ay kadar daha hastanede yatan ve hastane koridorlarında gezmeye başlayan maymun mahkemeye çağrılıp sanık sandalyesine oturunca ne yapacağını bilememiş. Motorda hasar bıraktı diye, genç yaban domuzu ve ailesi tarafından mahkemeye verilmiş.

Mahkemede, yaban domuzu ailesinin avukatı, maymunu suçlamış. Maymun, yarası iyileşmediği ve beyninde hasar olması sebebiyle konuşma zorluğu çektiği için, kendini savunamamış.

Hâkim, maymunu suçlu bulmuş. Bunun üzerine maymun, yaban domuzu ailesine, avukata ve hâkime yalvarmış, ağlamış, gözyaşı dökmüş.

Sonunda, maymunun haline acıyan yaban domuzu ailesi, şikâyetini geri almış ve hâkim de, maymunu serbest bırakmış.

SON



PUPPETEER

Villages, towns, cities and puppet moving entertain people walking about saying that there was a puppeteer. When the game ends extend puppeteer hat, if the money collected from the audience, but it would have been less than that money. When playing a giant puppet of the puppet state of joyful, sad state of the game is finished, if separated from the square looking headlong. I just applaud him who, though pitying look.

One day while playing this puppet puppeteer in a town starving, dizzy, eyes blackened stone hit his head and fell dead on the spot. The audience that you are a part of the game, have applauded the puppeteer. Five hundred people came to watch the puppeteers had five people at the funeral.

The puppet on roadsides, playing guitar, singing do not empty If you see street performers, give them money. Art can not be purchased with money, but the art is not done on an empty stomach, forget it.




KUKLACI

Köy, kasaba, şehir demeden gezip dolaşan ve kukla oynatarak insanları eğlendiren bir kuklacı varmış. Kuklacı oyun bittiğinde şapkasını uzatır, seyircilerden para toplarmış ama para veren az olurmuş. Kukla oynatırken devleşen kuklacının neşeli hali, oyun bitince üzgün bir hal alır, başı önde seyir meydanından ayrılırmış. Az önce onu alkışlayanlar, acıyarak bakarmış.

Bir gün bu kuklacı bir kasabada kukla oynatırken, açlıktan başı dönmüş, gözleri kararmış, düşüp kafasını taşa çarpmış ve oracıkta ölmüş. Olanları oyunun bir parçası sanan seyirciler, kuklacıyı çılgınca alkışlamışlar. Seyretmeye beş yüz kişinin geldiği kuklacının cenazesinde beş kişi varmış.

Yol kenarlarında kukla oynatan, gitar çalan, şarkı söyleyen sokak sanatçıları görürseniz boş geçmeyin, onlara para verin. Sanat parayla satın alınmaz ama aç karnına da sanat yapılmaz, bunu unutmayın.

SON



DRAGON KING AND TWO

A lot of time with high walls and a city-state ruled by a king had. The people lived in peace. One day, two dragons from the jungle town was seated next to the right and left of the entrance. Themselves as victims of a people to be given every day or have said they will destroy the city.

The king, the queen's head despite the objection, agreed to the request of the dragon, and the dragon gave it to two people every day. Subsequently ever increasing demands dragons have five to human interests. The townspeople began to dwindle.

Let's destroy the dragon of night raids, saying that since the first day, which annoys the king's head spared queen escaped from the city. If the king in the last remaining human city, has been fed to the dragon.

Even if you are the king heed to the recommendations. If you do not heed to the recommendations, the proposal that escapes goes, if you can not escape, you're caught.




KRAL VE İKİ EJDERHA

Vaktiyle çok yüksek surları olan ve bir kral tarafından yönetilen bir şehir devleti varmış. Halk, huzur içinde yaşıyormuş. Günlerden bir gün ormandan gelen iki ejderha şehrin giriş kapısının sağ ve sol yanına oturmuşlar. Kendilerine her gün birer insanın kurban olarak verilmesini yoksa şehri yıkacaklarını söylemişler.

Kral, baş vezirin itirazına karşın, ejderhaların isteğini kabul etmiş ve her gün iki insanı ejderhalara vermiş. Sonradan ejderhalar isteklerini giderek arttırarak beşer insana kadar çıkarmışlar. Şehir halkı giderek azalmaya başlamış.

Gece baskınıyla ejderhaları yok edelim, diyerek ilk günden beri kralın başını ağrıtan baş vezir şehirden kaçarak kurtulmuş. Şehirde son kalan insan olan kral ise, ejderhalara yem olmuş.

Sen kral bile olsan önerilere kulak as. Önerilere kulak asmazsan, öneriyi yapan kaçar gider, sen ise, kaçamaz yakalanırsın.

SON



LAME DUCK

When he was born feet were intact. Floating in the creek with friends in the grass, rushes , was played . Love was installed . If you have a friend jokingly mild , but boredom is not responding , you do not have to do with playing the game they play , have gone away . Age grows at our own grown , growth spurt. His well-intentioned , clean -hearted behavior , words , movements by large have always snore . Was the subject of ridicule in many places . They always exclude him , did not accommodate them . What he does, remedy, being separated from the dear little fellow was found .

Was run , in the long run along the stream had to . Further , go further , there also have liked to see . He loved to run . From running , could not imagine life without sweating . Especially the run after he came to the zero point , all the troubles of this world , albeit for a few hours of boredom reset the time zone tasting the exquisite did not know that .

Good that our duck Omar, alone in the woods while visiting , come out from behind a tree from the fox biting his foot barely survived. Fox with his foot hit the other one with the fangs of the survivors , Omar had escaped and saved lives . Have washed your feet go into the slot , wrapped in a clean cloth . Omar listened to two days , then Taking short walks in the river would improve the movement of your feet . Full status on the left foot had pressed me or resolves with time , he said. On the other hand continued life . Omar went to his little friends sluggish walk . All of his friends , were very upset about Omar's case . Omar's inability in tears , cried with him .

Easier said than six months have passed since the break . During this period, his feet did not show any improvement . Closed the wound in the left foot heel , heel completely healed , but had difficulty pressing on . What kind of bass at the time pitied . He felt sorry for the not so rushed . Big ducks peers , they have met with a smile and his gait had forgotten her real name . Now had a new name : Lame Duck




TOPAL ÖRDEK

Doğduğunda ayakları sağlamdı. Arkadaşlarıyla birlikte derede yüzer, çimenlerde koşar, oynardı. Sevgi yüklüydü. Bir arkadaşı şakayla karışık hafiften vursa, karşılık vermez ama canı sıkılır, oyun oynuyorlarsa oyunla ilgisi kalmaz, uzaklaşıp giderdi. Yaşı büyüdükçe kendi de büyüdü, boy attı. Onun bu iyi niyetli, temiz yürekli davranışları, sözleri, hareketleri büyükler tarafından hep horlandı. Pek çok yerde alay konusu oldu. Onu daima dışladılar, aralarında barındırmadılar. O da ne yapsın, çareyi, sevgili küçük dostlarından ayrılmamakta buldu.

Koşardı, dere boyunda uzun koşulara çıkardı. Daha ileriye, daha ileriye gitmek, oraları da görmek isterdi. Severdi koşmayı. Koşmadan, terlemeden bir yaşam düşünemezdi. Hele o koşudan sonrası sıfır noktasına gelme, şu dünyanın tüm dertlerinin, sıkıntılarının birkaç saatliğine de olsa sıfırlandığı enfes zaman dilimini tatmayan bilmezdi.

Şu bizim ördek yani Omar, ormanda yalnız başına gezerken, bir ağacın arkasından çıkıp ayağını ısıran tilkiden zor kurtuldu. Tilkinin sivri dişlerinden öteki ayağıyla vurduğu tekmeyle kurtulan Omar, kaçarak canını kurtardı. Yuvasına gidip ayağını yıkadı, temiz bir bezle sardı. İki gün dinlenen Omar, daha sonra dere kıyısında kısa yürüyüşlere çıkarak ayağının hareket kabiliyetini geliştirmek istiyordu. Sol ayağı üzerine tam basamama durumu vardı ya zamanla düzelir diyordu. Diğer yandan hayat devam ediyordu. Omar ağır aksak yürüyüşüyle küçük dostlarının yanına gitti. Dostlarının hepsi, Omar’ın durumuna çok üzüldüler. Omar’ın gözyaşlarına hakim olamaması sonucu, onunla birlikte ağladılar.

Dile kolay aradan tam altı ay geçti. Bu sürede onun ayağı hiçbir düzelme göstermedi. Sol ayak topuğundaki yara kapanmış, tamamen iyileşmişti ama topuğunun üstüne basmakta güçlük çekiyordu. Bastığı zaman da ne biçim acıyordu. O, en çok koşamadığı için üzülüyordu. Yaşıtları büyük ördekler, onun yürüyüş şeklini gülümsemeyle karşılamışlar ve ona gerçek adını unutturmuşlardı. Artık yeni bir adı vardı: Topal Ördek


SON

 

THE KANGAROO WITHOUT ITS CHILD

A kangaroo hadn’t been able to have a baby
It had adopted a rabbit and had put it into its bag
The kangaroo had been happy and so had the rabbit
But the others had been angry so,

They had made a plan to get rid of the rabbit
They had kidnapped the rabbit while sleeping
The kangaroo had seen her empty bag when she had woken up
She had been shocked and sorry

And had made an arrangement with the poisonous snake
In the bag had been the snake and the kangaroo among the others
Being afraid of the snake the others had given the rabbit back
And they had said that that was a plan in a plan.




YAVRUSU OLMAYAN KANGURU

Kangurunun birinin yavrusu olmazmış
Bir tavşanı evlat edinip torbasına koymuş
Kanguru memnun, tavşan mutlu
Ama diğer kangurular kızgınmışlar.

Tavşandan kurtulmak için, bir plan yapmışlar
Onlar uykudayken tavşanı kaçırmışlar
Kanguru uyanınca bakmış torbası boş
Şaşırmış kalmış buna olmuş içi bir hoş.

Kanguru zehirli yılanla anlaşma yapmış
Torbada yılan, kanguru kangurular arasında
Yılandan korkan kangurular tavşanı geri vermişler
Plan plan içinde böyle olur demişler.

SON



ELEPHANT BOY

An African Negro Boy
Had been a magician’s apprentice
Had changed himself into an elephant
Instead of changing an elephant into human

While he had been walking,
In the fields and mountains
A huge thorn had pricked his foot
The elephant had felt too much pain

He had asked the lion, the tiger, the eagle
The fox, the wolf, the owl
The rabbit for help
Whoever had seen the elephant had run away.

Mourning and crying
The elephant had returned to his village
His mother, father, uncle
Had escaped from the elephant with childish voice.

But brave Toro
Moro’s friend
Hadn’t known what fear had been
Had pulled the thorn out.

Moro had been an elephant forever
Hadn’t left Toro
Their story had become
Legendary in the world.




FİL ÇOCUK

Afrikalı bir zenci çocuk
Büyücü çırağıymış
Fili insan yapayım darken
Kendini fil yapmış

Dağlarda, bayırlarda
Gezerken ayağına
Kocaman bir diken batmış
Filin canı çok acımış

Aslandan, kaplandan, kartaldan
Tilkiden, kurttan, baykuştan
Tavşandan yardım istemiş
Fili gören korkup kaçmış

Fil ağlana, sızlana
Köyüne geri dönmüş
Anası, babası, amcası
Çocuk sesli filden kaçmış

Fakat cesur Toro
Moro’nun arkadaşı
Korku nedir bilmezmiş
Dikeni çekip çıkarmış

Moro hep fil kalmış
Toro’dan ayrılmamış
Onların öyküleri
Dünyada destanlaşmış.

SON




FABLE OF OLD WOMAN

There was an old woman
In the night, day she was crying
Continually shedding her tears
Splashing like a spring.

Home you designate is only a room
How can we live in there?
Always have soap in the mourning and evening
Troubles are waiting for their turn.

One day a man arrived at there
Gave greeting with the woman
“I purchased this place
Make it emptied” he said.

“Woe to my aggrieved head
My tears never stopped shedding
Where can l go to
Have no stone already erected, too.”

“You are existing today, tomorrow you are absent
Have a habitation for yourself;
You assemble your bed
on the land over there…”

“Heavens! Is it acceptable, my son,
To hit a kick to who fallen down?
Don’t make, don’t act,
Is it possible to stay in the street?”

Day turned, tomorrow arrived
She moved from her room
Her friend in the night
Was moon and star…




YAŞLI KADIN MASALI

Bir yaşlı kadın vardı
Gece, gündüz ağlardı
Gözyaşları durmadan
Çağlayan bir pınardı.

Ev dediğin tek oda
Yaşanır mı burada?
Sabah, akşam hep çorba
Dertler bekler sırada.

Bir gün bir adam geldi
Kadına selam verdi
“Satın aldım burayı
Boşalt odayı “dedi.

“Vay benim dertli başım
Hiç dinmedi gözyaşım
Nerelere giderim
Yok bir dikili taşım.“ .

“Bugün var, yarın yoksun
Kalacak yerin olsun;
Karşıdaki arsaya
Yatağını kurarsın. ”

“Aman oğlum olur mu?
Düşene vurulur mu?
Etmeyin, eylemeyin
Sokakta yatılır mı? “

Gün döndü, yarın oldu
Odasından taşındı
Geceleri arkadaş
Ay ile yıldız oldu.


SON


Yazan: Serdar Yıldırım

 

KELOĞLAN AND NASREDDİN HODJA
Keloğlan had gone to the town to sell chickens. When he arrived at the market, he started to look for a customer for the two chickens. A man offered to pay a gold coin for the chickens. Keloğlan didn’t accept this. He said that he absolutely wanted two gold coins for the chickens. The man saw that Keloğlan would not sell the chickens for a gold coin: “Keloğlan look, I have a treasure map. I am alone, and I’ve already got old. That’s why I couldn’t look for the treasure. I used to work at Zenginoğlu’s mansion. Zenginoğlu gave me this map. Let me have the two chickens, have the map, look for and find the treasure, be happy all your life” he said. Keloğlan believed the man, and agreed. Keloğlan returned home in the late afternoon.

His mother shouted: “Oh my stupid son! Can two chickens be bartered for this piece of paper? You were meant to buy gas and salt after selling the chickens. You have been cheated. Sit in the dark, eat the meals without any salt and make up your mind”. Keloğlan didn’t care, he was only thinking about the treasure. He passed the night in difficulty and got up very early.

Keloğlan said: “Mother, I am going to look for the treasure. I prepared food for winter. Let there be no gas; you will go to bed early in the evenings. Let there be salt; you will get it from the neighbour. If I find the treasure, I will make you live like a sultan ”. He kissed his mother’s hand. Seeing that Keloğlan was determined, his mother desperately changed her mind. She saw Keloğlan off saying “Goodbye, Keloğlan. I hope you find the treasure”

Keloğlan crossed mountains and hills, looking for days until finally he found the well on the map. The treasure was meant to be in this well. The stone he threw into the well made a sound like BANG. Keloğlan understood that there was no water in the well. However, three people who had gene down the well in his village and weren’t able to come out last year come to his mind. “I have a rope, which I brought with me from the village. He started worrying - What if I tie the rope to the edge of the well and go down; but then die like them because of the poisonous smoke in the well? That will be a bad state - firstly I need a helper who is manly, trustworthy and who is able to remove the danger in the well. Nasreddin Hodja came to mind while thinking where it might be possible to find somebody like this, and he said “Ok”, the Hodja will find a way to resolve this matter.”

After a long journey he eventually arrived in Akşehir. There he asked to be shown Nasreddin Hodja’s house. He knocked on the door and Nasreddin Hodja opened it. He said “You are most welcome, my son”, “I am Nasreddin Hodja. Would you like something?”

“My hodja, I am called Keloğlan in my village. I would likr your help for an important matter. I would be very happy if you would be so kind as to listen to me.” Hodja welcomed Keloğlan into his house. Keloğlan told him how he had got the treasure map; he told him that he said goodbye to his mother and left the village, had found the well on the map, he told himwhy he hadn’t been able to go down the well. He concluded his remarks by saying - if we find the treasure, we will share it fifty – fifty, my Hodja. What do you say?

Nasreddin Hodja replied: “Since there is not enough current, this poisonous air gathers in the wells which haven’t been used for a long time and into which poisonous air leaks from the layers of earth around them. If someone goes down into these wells, they will poison and kill the person. As you have told me, the depth of the well had been nearly 9 or 10 metres. It is too tiring and troublesome to dig and broaden the hole around the well, we can’t accomplish that. If we try to find a helper, it will spread from ear to ear, and the public will gather at the well. We must find another way Keloğlan. Stay with us for a couple of days as my guest, and I will think and find a suitable way.”

Nasreddin Hodja made plans during the following two days, and drew up drafts. He brought the plans to the smith. He admonished him to give the equipments that he had; to make those he didn’t have according to the drawings. The equipment was ready in a week. He had bought a cart which two donkeys pulled. He put the equipments, and necessities like food and drink in the car. He said goodbye to his wife and mounted his donkey. Hodja with his donkey in the front, and Keloğlan in the cart at the back, set off. After a troublesome journey lasting for days, they reached the well in which the treasure was. Hodja scrutinized the well. He took down the big bellows, which they had got the smith to make, next to the well with Keloğlan. They dangled one of the tips of a pipe, which was nearly 10 centimetres wide, into the bottom of the well. They attached the other tip to the bellows. They started to pump the bellows. The still and poisonous air - which had accumulated for years - started to scatter, rise slowly and get out of the well from the effect of the fresh and pressurized air. The rate of poisonous air in the well, too. On the third day they come to the conclusion that the well had been cleaned. Just to make sure, Nasreddin Hodja put a cat, which he had brought in the cart, into a sack. After tying up the sack with a rope, he lowered it into the bottom of the well. He saw that the cat was alive and kicking after pulling it back two hours later.

Tying the rope around his waist, Keloğlan had gone down the well. He took out the stone mentioned on the map. After digging the earth under the stone, he found the chest. He tied up the chest with the other rope near him and called out to Hodja to pull him. When Keloğlan had come out of the well, they pulled up the chest with Hodja. When they broke its lock and opened the chest, to their surprise they saw it was fll of bright and shiny gold! They felt very happy. They shared the gold immediately. The next day, Nasreddin Hodja set off to Akşehir on his donkey; and Keloğlan set off to his village in the cart.

Keloğlan got a legendary mansion built in his village. He hired maids and menservants. He bought fields, vineyards, gardens. He started to live like a sultan with his mother. The Sultan heard about Keloğlan’s extraordinary wealth. When he was out hunting one day, he stopped by Keloğlan’s mansion. Keloğlan showed respect for the Sultan, and treated him in the best way. The Sultan, who was very pleased with this close interest, invited Keloğlan to his palace for the festival, which was going to be celebrated the following month.

Keloğlan went to the palace by coach and with manservants on the festival day. He met the Sultan’s extremely beautiful daughter, Violet, and fell in love. Violet loved Keloğlan at first sight and didn’t want him to leave. After the festival entertainments had finished, Keloğlan returned to his mansion. He told his mother that he had fallen in love with Sultan Violet at first sight and wouldn’t be able to live without her. They thought it over careflly and they decided to ask the Sultan’s consent to marry Violet. Later he went with his mother to ask the Sultan if he could marry his daughter. The Sultan accepted Violet’s marrying Keloğlan. Keloğlan returned to his mansion and started the wedding preparations. On the way he had sent messengers to Nasreddin Hodja to invite him to his wedding.

After Nasreddin Hodja had returned to Akşehir with his share, he clothed the poor and the orphans, and spent most of his money on good deeds. And at the same time he heard from his friends’ conversation and from the travellers passing by that Keloğlan had got a mansion built in his village, had hired menservants, had bought fields and started to live like a sultan, and he felt happy about the things he heard. When he heard about Keloğlan’s wedding invitation and that he was going to marry Sultan Violet, he regained a lot of his good humour. He started the preparations to go to the wedding. He bought carpets, furs, and silk cloths. He bought jewellery like earrings and a necklace for Violet. He also bought two coaches, which four horses would puul, and he also hired two menservants. He wore his most valuable clothes and his showiest fur. He set out with his wife a couple of days before the wedding.

The Hodja arrived at the palace with his entourage, very ostentatiously. Keloğlan welcomed the Hodja at the door. He kissed his hand. They embraced and hugged each other. The Hodja told a lot of stories about events that he had lived, including witty remarks, until the wedding day. He made the guests have a funny time. Keloğlan and Sultan Violet married among the entertainments with musical instruments and much conversation. There were no words to describe their happiness. They lived happily for many years.

Written by: Serdar Yıldırım

 

KELOĞLAN İLE NASREDDİN HOCA
Keloğlan kasabaya tavuk satmaya gitmiş. Pazara gelince elindeki iki tavuğa müşteri aramaya başlamış. Adamın biri tavuklara bir altın vermiş. Keloğlan bunu kabul etmemiş. İlle de iki tavuğa iki altın isterim demiş. Keloğlan’ın tavukları bir altına vermediğini gören adam: “ Bak Keloğlan, bende bir define haritası var. Yalnızım, yaşlandım artık. Bu sebepten defineyi aramaya çıkamadım. Eskiden, Zenginoğlu’ nun konağında çalışırdım. Bu haritayı bana Zenginoğlu vermişti. İki tavuk benim olsun, harita senin olsun, defineyi ara bul, ömrünce mutlu ol ” demiş. Keloğlan adama inanmış, değiş tokuş yapılmış. Keloğlan akşamüstü yorgun argın köyüne dönmüş.

Anası: “ A benim kel oğlum, kabak oğlum. Hiç bu kâğıt parçasına iki tavuk verilir mi? Sen tavukları satıp gaz, tuz alacaktın. Kandırmışlar seni. Şimdi karanlıkta otur, yemekleri tuzsuz ye de aklın başına gelsin ” diyerek bağırıp çağırmış. Keloğlan oralı olmamış, aklı fikri definedeymiş. Sabahı zor etmiş, erkenden kalkmış.

Keloğlan: “ Ana ben defineyi aramaya gidiyorum. Kışlık yiyecek hazırlamıştım. Varsın gaz olmasın, akşamları erken yatarsın. Varsın tuz olmasın, komşudan istersin. Defineyi bulursam, seni sultanlar gibi yaşatacağım ”demiş. Anasının elini öpmüş. Keloğlan’ ın kararlı olduğunu gören anası çaresiz fikir değiştirmiş. “ Güle güle git, Keloğlan. İnşallah defineyi bulursun “ diyerek Keloğlan’ ı uğurlamış.

Keloğlan dağ-bayır aşmış, günlerce aramış, sonunda haritadaki kuyuyu bulmuş. Define, bu kuyunun içindeymiş. Kuyuya attığı taş tak diye ses çıkarmış. Keloğlan kuyuda su olmadığını anlamış. Fakat geçen yıl köydeki kör kuyuya inen ve bir daha çıkamayan üç kişi aklına gelmiş. “ Yanımda köyden getirdiğim ip var. Kuyunun kenarına bağlayıp insem ya ben de onlar gibi kuyudaki zehirli dumandan boğulur kalırsam halim nice olur, diye düşünceye dalmış. Evvela bana mert, sözünün eri, kuyudaki tehlikeyi ortadan kaldırabilecek bir yardımcı lazım. Böylesi de nerelerde bulunur, diye düşünürken aklına Nasreddin Hoca gelmiş. Tamam, demiş. Hoca bu işin çaresini bulur. ‘

Az gitmiş uz gitmiş, sonunda, Akşehir’ e varmış. Sormuş, Nasreddin Hoca’ nın evini göstermişler. Kapıyı çalmış. Nasreddin Hoca kapıyı açmış. “ Buyurun evladım “ demiş, “ Ben Nasreddin Hoca’ yım. Bir şey mi arzu etmiştiniz? “
“ Hocam, bizim köyde bana Keloğlan derler. Sizin önemli bir meselenin çözümüne yardımınızı rica edecektim. Beni dinlemek zahmetine katlanırsanız çok sevinirim. “
Hoca, Keloğlan’ ı evine buyur etmiş. Keloğlan define haritasına nasıl sahip olduğunu, anasına veda edip köyden ayrıldığını, haritadaki kuyuyu bulduğunu, kuyuya neden inemediğini anlatmış. “ Eğer defineyi bulursak yarı yarıya paylaşırız, Hocam. Ne dersiniz? ” diyerek sözü bağlamış.

Nasreddin Hoca: “ Uzun süredir kullanılmayan veya etrafındaki toprak tabakasından içine zehirli hava sızan kuyularda, yeterli hava akımı olmadığı için, bu zehirli hava birikir. Eğer böyle kuyulara inilirse insanı zehirler, öldürür. Söylediğine göre kuyunun derinliği dokuz on metre varmış. Kuyunun çevresini kazıp genişletmek çok yorucu ve zahmetli, ikimiz başaramayız. Yardımcı bulmaya kalksak kulaktan kulağa yayılır, halk kuyunun başına dolar. Başka bir yol bulmalıyız Keloğlan. Sen bizde birkaç gün misafir kal, düşünüp hal çaresini bulurum. “

Nasreddin Hoca sonraki iki gün planlar yapmış, taslaklar çizmiş. Planları demirciye götürmüş. Bu aletlerin olanını vermesini, olmayanı çizime uygun olarak yapmasını tembihlemiş. Haftasına aletler hazır olmuş. İki eşeğin çektiği bir araba almış. Arabaya aletleri, yiyecek, içecek gibi ihtiyaçları koymuş. Karısıyla vedalaşıp eşeğine binmiş. Nasreddin Hoca eşeğiyle önde, Keloğlan arabayla arkada, yola koyulmuşlar. Günlerce süren zahmetli yolculuktan sonra definenin bulunduğu kuyuya varmışlar. Hoca kuyuyu incelemiş. Keloğlan ile birlikte demirciye yaptırmış oldukları büyük körüğü kuyunun yanına indirmişler. Yaklaşık on santim genişliğindeki borunun bir ucunu kuyunun dibine sallamışlar. Diğer ucunu körüğe takmışlar. Birlikte körüğe temiz hava basmaya başlamışlar. Yıllardır burada biriken durgun ve zehirli hava, temiz ve basınçlı havanın etkisiyle parçalanmaya, yavaşça yükselmeye, kuyudan çıkmaya başlamış. Körük her hava basışında kuyudaki zehirli hava oranı azalıyormuş. Bu işlem ertesi gün de devam etmiş. Üçüncü gün kuyunun temizlendiğine kanaat getirmişler. Yine de her şeyden emin olmak için Nasreddin Hoca arabada getirdiği bir kediyi çuvala koymuş. Çuvalı ipe bağlayıp kuyunun dibine sarkıtmış. Yarım saat sonra kediyi çıkardığında dipdiri olduğunu görmüş.

Keloğlan ipi beline bağlayıp kuyuya inmiş. Haritada belirtilen taşı çıkarmış. Taşın altındaki toprağı kazınca, sandığı bulmuş. Yanındaki diğer ipe sandığı bağlamış ve Hoca’ ya kendisini çekmesi için seslenmiş. Keloğlan kuyudan çıkınca, Hoca ile sandığı yukarıya çekmişler. Sandığın kilidini kırıp, kapağını açınca, bir de ne görsünler: Çil çil altınlarla dolu değil miymiş sandığın içi… Çok sevinmişler. Hemen altınları paylaşmışlar. Ertesi gün, Nasreddin Hoca eşeğiyle Akşehir’e, Keloğlan arabayla köyüne doğru yola koyulmuşlar.

Keloğlan köyünde dillere destan bir konak yaptırmış. Hizmetçiler, uşaklar tutmuş. Tarlalar, bağlar, bahçeler satın almış. Anasıyla birlikte sultanlar gibi yaşamaya başlamış. Keloğlan’ ın görülmemiş zenginliği padişahın kulağına gitmiş. Ava çıktığı bir gün Keloğlan’ ın konağına uğramış. Keloğlan padişaha hürmet göstermiş, en iyi şekilde ağırlamış. Gördüğü yakın ilgiden çok memnun kalan padişah, Keloğlan’ ı gelecek ay kutlanacak bayram için, sarayına davet etmiş.

Bayram günü Keloğlan arabalar ve uşaklarla beraber saraya gitmiş. Eğlenceler sırasında padişahın dünya güzeli kızı Menekşe ile tanışmış ve aşık olmuş. Menekşe de Keloğlan’ ı görür görmez sevmiş ve yanından ayrılmak istemiyormuş. Bayram eğlenceleri bittikten sonra Keloğlan konağına dönmüş. Anasına, Menekşe Sultan’ ı görür görmez âşık olduğunu, onsuz yapamayacağını söylemiş. Düşünmüşler, taşınmışlar, padişahtan Menekşe’yi istemeye karar vermişler. Daha sonra anasıyla gidip kızı istemişler. Padişah, Menekşe’yi Keloğlan’ a vermiş. Keloğlan konağına dönüp düğün hazırlıklarına başlamış. Bir taraftan da Nasreddin Hoca’ ya haberciler gönderip, düğüne davet etmiş.

Nasreddin Hoca payına düşen altınlarla Akşehir’e döndükten sonra yoksulları, yetimleri, giydirip kuşatmış, parasının çoğunu hayır işlerinde kullanmış. Bir yandan da Keloğlan’ın köyünde konak yaptırdığını, uşaklar tutup, araziler satın alıp sultanlar gibi yaşamaya başladığını dost sohbetlerinde ve gelip giden yolculardan duyar, anlatılanlara sevinirmiş. Keloğlan’ın düğün haberini ve Menekşe Sultan ile evleneceğini duyunca keyfi pek yerine gelmiş. Hemen düğüne gitmek için hazırlıklara başlamış. Halılar, kürkler, ipek kumaşlar almış. Menekşe’ye küpe, kolye, gerdanlık gibi ziynet eşyaları almış. Ayrıca dört atın çektiği iki araba satın almış, iki tane de uşak tutmuş. En değerli elbiselerini, en gösterişli kürkünü giymiş. Karısıyla birlikte düğünden birkaç gün önce yola çıkmış.

Nasreddin Hoca maiyetiyle birlikte gayet şatafatlı bir şekilde saraya varmış. Keloğlan, Hoca’yı kapıda karşılamış. Elini öpmüş. Sarılmışlar, hasretle kucaklaşmışlar. Düğün gününe kadar Hoca başından geçmiş nice olaylara ince espriler katarak anlatmış. Davetlilerin hoşça vakit geçirmelerine yardımcı olmuş. Sazlı, sözlü eğlenceler arasında Keloğlan ile Menekşe Sultan evlenmişler. Mutluluklarına diyecek yokmuş. Daha uzun yıllar mutlu ve bahtiyar olarak yaşamışlar.

SON

Yazan: Serdar Yıldırım


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THE LITTLE WHALE AND SHARKS
The little whale whose mother was killed by whale hunters was swimming in the Atlantic Ocean. Whilst swimming, he was surrounded by a group of sharks that included about twenty members. The leader of the sharks came nearer to the little whale and said ‘ I know you and I can understand how you feel little whale. Being unhappy won’t help you. You can’t get anything living unhappily. People killed your mother. You must get your revenge. You mustn’t swim around doing nothing. We are your friends and we can teach you how to kill people so that you can kill them cruelly and get your revenge. In the near future people will get to know you and they will be afraid of this cruel whale.’
‘Did people eat my mother?’ asked the little whale.
‘Yes, my little friend they did. People are so cruel. They kill all the living things in the world wildly and also they are really cruel to each other as well. I have seen lots of people fighting with each other on the ships. My grandfather used to say that they were also fighting on the land and the one who beats the other one was becoming a hero.’ answered the leader of the sharks.
‘It means that people are really bad creature, aren’t they? asked the little whale.
‘Yes, they really are.’ said the shark.
‘If they are so, I am going to punish all of them and the ones that killed my mother and made me cry for a long time but I don’t know how to do this.’ the little whale said.
‘You can learn it. Come on honey, follow me. Let’s go my dear friends. Deep waters are waiting for us.’ said the shark.

The sharks taught the little whale all the techniques about how to kill people and it took them one month to do this. Their aim was to send the little whale to the beaches where a lot of people swam and to make him kill all the people who were swimming around.

Little whale was sure of himself. He was definitely confident that he was able to kill people and he always told the sharks he wanted to kill all the people and pull them to pieces. However, the leader of the sharks thought it was necessary to test the little whale if he really learned how to kill that before sending him to the beach to kill people. So five of the sharks started to look for a person swimming around alone and away from the other people who were doing different activities on the beach. After a short time they realized that there was a little boy swimming alone near the lighthouse. This little boy was going to be their first victim. They didn’t want to go closer to the child as they didn’t want him to be scared. They turned back quickly and showed the little whale his first victim so that the little whale started to swim towards the little boy. The sharks thought that the little boy must be a professional swimmer as the sea was very deep around the lighthouse otherwise he couldn’t swim there because most of the people were afraid of it. At first the little whale took his head out of the sea and then his body and tail appeared. The child realized the whale immediately. The whale took a deep breathe and dived into the sea. Although it was just a baby whale, it was four metres long. It was impossible for the little boy to swim towards the beach because the whale could swim much faster than him so that it could catch him before reaching the beach. He started swimming parallel to the beach but the whale came closer and closer and then the whale started swimming next to him and after a while it suddenly opened its mouth and then closed it. Then it turned back and swam towards the sharks.

When he came near them:
‘ I completed my mission. I killed the child.’ he said.
‘ Did you pull him to pieces?’, asked the leader of the sharks.
‘ No, I didn’t pull him to pieces’, said the little whale.
‘ Didn’t you? What did you do, then?’ asked the shark.
‘ I swallowed him.’ replied the whale.
‘Swallowed?’ asked the shark.
‘ Yes, I did. The child is in my stomach now.’ said the whale.
‘ No matter what you did. As a result you killed him. I really appreciate what you did and I want to congratulate you. We are going somewhere far away tomorrow to attend a meeting so that we won’t be here for a few days. I want you to go to the beach and kill as may people as possible. You can either pull them to pieces or swallow them. You must swim around all the beaches and kill all the people you come across. Do not pity on them.’ said the leader of the sharks.

After a few days the sharks came back and found the little whale swimming around happily. The little whale told them that he had killed twenty people cruelly and people had been afraid of swimming in the sea since than because they were scared to death and next he boasted them all the people were afraid of him. All the sharks became very pleased when they heard that.

The next day one of the sharks saw the boy whom the whale pretended as if he swallowed the other day on the beach near the lighthouse. He went directly beside their leader and told what he had seen so that the leader got furious. He went beside the little whale angrily.

‘You told us that you had swallowed that little boy but we saw him on the beach and he was alive. Nothing has happened to him. He looks so healthy. Are you making fun of us?’ he said.

The whale realized that he was being surrounded by the sharks that seemed very angry.

‘Yes, I swallowed him but I couldn’t digest him so I had to vomit him because he started kicking my stomach.’ replied the little whale.
‘Shut up, you liar! you didn’t swallow him and you didn’t attack other people swimming around. They were all lies. You also told us that people couldn’t come to the beach as they were afraid of you but you see all the beaches are full of people and they don’t care about you. All the things that you told us were lies. If you can’t kill them, I will…… said the leader of the sharks. And he couldn’t finish his sentence.

‘What will you do? I got bored of you all. Get out of my sight!’ said the whale angrily and then hit the leader with his head so strongly that it went down the depths of the sea and then he started to swim very fast towards the beach. It was too late to turn back and the sharks were swimming just behind him and they were so close. If they caught him they would pull him to pieces.

Little whale reached the beach hardly. It struggled and kicked about while lying on its back for a while and it could manage to move a bit on the beach. When he got weak he let his head on the hot sand. The child recognized the whale and ran beside him.

‘What is happening little whale? You must be in the sea not on the beach!’ said the little boy.
‘Thanks God. Is it you little boy? Sorry I can’t remember your name.2 said the little whale.
‘My name is Mark. I am OK! What are you doing on the beach?’ asked the little boy.
‘My name is Sili. We met a few days ago, didn’t we?’ asked the little whale.
‘Yes, I do. We swam next to each other for a while. When you opened your big mouth I got so frightened because I thought that you were going to eat me but I was wrong. You just opened your mouth widely and then closed it and swam away. I couldn’t understand why you did like that.’ said the little boy.
‘ Did you really think that I was going to eat you. That was just a joke. I am so sorry that I made you frightened. Please forgive me for my behaviour’ said the whale.
‘ OK! I do forgive you. Would you please tell me what is going on now? What is the reason for your being here on the beach instead of swimming in the sea?’ asked the little boy.

Little told him everything:
‘As you see my friend all the sharks are chasing me all around and I can not fight them alone because there are twenty sharks that want to kill me. That is why I am here.’ said the whale.
‘Why didn’t you swim away when the sharks went far away for the meeting? You should have asked for help from the other whales.’ said the little boy.
‘If I had swum away, the sharks would catch me easily. I would have no chance to survive because all the sharks in the sea would start looking for me in order to kill me. I wouldn’t have asked for help from other whales because that would cause a cruel war between all the sharks and whales living in the sea. as a result a lot of whales and sharks would die just because of me. I might have died in that war. But now only I am dying and none of the whales is in danger. It is not the end of the world if I die. The world is like a drop in the space and I am not even like a drop in the ocean’ explained the whale.'

‘If your mother hadn’t died, the sharks wouldn’t have tried to kill you. You wouldn’t be here and running away from them.’ said the boy.
‘ That is true but people are responsible from my mother’s death. They killed her. What is more I can’t understand the reason why they killed my mother. She didn’t hurt them. Why do you think they killed her, Mark?’ asked the little whale.
‘To earn some money. Some people kill animals to earn some money. They don’t care about what would happen to the babies of those animals that they kill. How can those babies survive without their mothers? They won’t give harm to a child whose mother or father died. Because they respect that child and pity on him. A child whose mother or father died when he was small can understand you very well. I promise you I will never give harm anything on earth.’ promised the child.

‘ I love you, Mark’ said the little whale.
‘ I love you, too Sili’ replied the little boy.

Written by: Serdar Yıldırım

 

YAVRU BALİNA İLE KÖPEKBALIKLARI
Annesi balina avcıları tarafından öldürülen yavru balina Atlas Okyanusu’nda yüzerken etrafını yirmi kadar köpekbalığı sardı. Başkan köpekbalığı yavru balinanın yanına gelerek: “ Seni tanıyorum ve durumunu çok iyi anlıyorum yavru balina. Ama üzülmekle eline bir şey geçmez. Anneni insanlar öldürdü. Sen bunu onların yanına bırakmamalısın. Annenin intikamını almalısın. Biz senin dostunuz. Sana öldürmeyi öğretip, insanların üstüne salacağız. Çok yakında insanlar yavru balinayı tanıyıp, ondan korkacaklar “ dedi.
“ Annemi yerler mi insanlar? “ diye sordu yavru balina.
“ Yerler yavrum. İnsanlar acımasızdır. Onlar dünyadaki tüm canlıları acımasızca öldürürler. Hoş, insanlar birbirlerine karşı da acımasızdır. Ben buralarda çok gördüm gemiler içinde savaşan insanları. Dedem insanların toprak üstünde de savaştıklarını söylerdi. Savaşı kazanan kahraman olurmuş. “
“ İnsanlar kötü yaratık desene? “
“ Hem de çok kötü yaratık. “
“ O zaman beni annesiz bırakan, bana günlerce gözyaşı döktüren insanları cezalandıracağım, ama bunu nasıl yapacağımı bilemiyorum. “
“ Öğrenirsen bilirsin. Haydi, yavrucuk peşimden gel. Siz de peşimden gelin köpek kardeşlerim. Derinlikler bizi bekliyor. “

Aradan bir ay geçti. Bu sürede köpekbalıkları bildikleri öldürme yöntemlerini yavru balinaya öğrettiler. Hedef, insanların toplu halde yüzdükleri plajlar olacaktı. Plajlar, insan kanına boyanacaktı. Yavru balina, öldürürüm, parçalarım, diyordu ama onu plaja salmadan önce bir deneme yapmalıydı. Bakalım öldürebilecek miydi? Beş köpekbalığı yalnız yüzen insan aramaya başladı. Deniz fenerinin yakınında bir çocuk yüzüyordu. İlk kurban o olacaktı. Köpekbalıkları sahilden uzak kaldılar. Çocuğu ürkütmek istemiyorlardı. Yavru balina hızla çocuğa doğru yüzmeye başladı. Fenerin oralar derin demişti köpekbalıkları, çocuk demek ki, usta yüzücüydü. Yoksa onun ne işi vardı böyle derin yerde. Yavru balina kafasını suyun üstüne çıkardı, daha sonra gövdesi ve kuyruğu göründü. Çocuk, yavru balinayı hemen fark etti. Derin bir nefes alıp suya daldı. Balina yavruydu ama dört metre boyundaydı. Sahile doğru yüzmeye kalksa bunu başaramazdı, çünkü yavru balina ondan çok daha hızlıydı. Yetişmesi an meselesiydi. Bundan dolayı çocuk sahile paralel yüzüyordu. Yavru balina çocuğa yetişti, bir süre onunla yan yana yüzdü ve aniden dönerek ağzını açıp kapadı. Yavru balina köpekbalıklarının yanına döndüğünde:

“ Görevimi başardım. Çocuğun işi tamam “ dedi.
“ Çocuğu parçaladın mı? “ diye sordu, başkan köpekbalığı.
“ Hayır, parçalamadım “ dedi yavru balina.
“ Parçalamadın mı? O zaman ne yaptın? “
“ Çocuğu yuttum. “
“ Yuttun mu? “
“ Evet, yuttum…Çocuk şimdi midemde. “
“ Öyle veya böyle, çocuğu öldürmüşsün işte. Seni kutlarım yavru balina. Biz yarın uzaklara gidip bir toplantıya katılacağız. Birkaç gün yokuz. Sen şu ilerideki plaja git, yakaladığını ister parçala, ister yut. Sıradan bütün plajları dolaş. İnsanlara acıma yok. “

Köpekbalıkları döndüğünde yavru balinayı buldular. Yavru balina yirmi insanı acımadan öldürdüğünü, insanların plajlara çıkamadığını, etrafa korku saldığını söyledi. Köpekbalıkları bu habere çok sevindiler. Ertesi gün bir köpekbalığı deniz fenerinin yakınındaki sahilde yavru balinanın yuttum dediği çocuğu gördü. Başkanı bularak durumu anlattı. Başkan, bunun üzerine çok sinirlendi. Nefretle yavru balinanın üstüne gitti:
“ Hani yutmuştun o çocuğu, bak fenerin oradaymış. Sen bizimle dalga mı geçiyorsun? “ Köpekbalıklarının etrafını sardığını gören yavru balina:
“ Şey, yutmuştum ama hazmedemedim, kusuverdim. Çocuk midemi tekmelemişti. “
“ Sus, yalancı seni, çocuğu yutmadın, plajlara saldırmadın, bütün plajlar dolu. Hani plajlara kimse çıkamıyordu, hani etrafa korku salmıştın. Yalan, hepsi yalan. Madem öldüremiyorsun, ölürsün. Şimdi seni…”
Başkan köpekbalığı sözlerini tamamlayamadı, çünkü yavru balina:
“ Beni ne yaparsın? Sıktın artık, çekil önümden “ dedikten sonra, ona sert bir kafa vurarak denizin derinliklerine yolladı.
Yavru balinanın önü açılmıştı. Gücünün yettiği kadar hızlı yüzmeye başladı. Karşısı sahildi. Artık geriye dönüş yoktu. Peşinde sürüyle köpekbalığı vardı. Yakalarlarsa parçalarlardı. Yavru balina kendini sahile zor attı. Debelendi kumun üstünde biraz daha, biraz daha ilerledi. Gücü tükenince başını sıcacık kumun üstüne bıraktı. Çocuk yavru balinayı tanımıştı. Onun yanına geldi:
“ Ne oluyor, yavru balina? Neden sahile çıktın? “
“ Oh, sen miydin? Nasılsın çocuk? Adın neydi senin? “
“ Benim adım Mark. İyiyim de burada ne işin var? “
“ Benim adım de Sili. Geçenlerde tanışmıştık, hatırladın mı? “
“ Hatırladım. Bir süre yan yana yüzmüştük, sonra sen gitmiştin. Üstüme gelirken beni yiyeceksin sanıp korkmuştum.”
“ Kim? Ben mi seni yiyecektim? O bir şakaydı. Seni korkuttuğum için özür dilerim. Beni affet.”
“ Affettim gitti. Anlat bakalım Sili, neler oluyor? Neden denizde değil de buradasın? “

Yavru balina olanları anlattıktan sonra:
“ Ya, işte böyle Mark, köpekbalıkları peşimde, sayıları yirmiden fazla. Onlarla yalnız başıma çarpışamam. Acı gerçek ama benim için böylesi daha iyi olacak. “
“ Köpekbalıkları toplantıya gittiğinde kaçıp gitseydin uzaklara veya balinalardan yardım isteseydin? “
“ Kaçsam kısa zamanda yakalanırdım. Kurtuluşu yoktu. Okyanustaki bütün köpekbalıkları peşime düşerdi. Balinalardan yardım isteyemezdim, çünkü bu korkunç bir savaşın başlangıcı olurdu. Yüzlerce balina ve köpekbalığı birbirine girerdi. Arada belki ben de ölürdüm. Oysa şimdi sadece ben ölüyorum, hiçbir balinayı tehlikeye atmıyorum. Bir benim için başkalarının keyfini kaçıramam. Sili ölürse kıyamet kopmaz. Hayat devam eder. Dünya uzayda nokta kadar, fakat Sili dünyada nokta kadar bile değil. “

“ Annen yaşasaydı köpekbalıkları sana sokulamazdı. Bu duruma düşmezdin. “
“ Onun orası öyle de annemi insanlar öldürdü. Asıl suçlu annemi öldüren insanlar. Mark, sence insanlar annemi neden öldürdü? “
“ Kazanç uğruna. Bazıları kendileri kazansın diye can alıyorlar. Öldürürken düşünmezler ki, balinanın yavrusu ne olacak? Yavru annesiz ne yapacak? Örneğin; annesiz, babasız bir çocuk ne olur, ne yapar, nasıl yaşar? Çocukken bunu düşünen biri büyüdüğünde diğer canlıların hayatına saygı duyar, onlara zarar vermez. Tanrı şahidimdir ki, ben insan olsun, diğer canlı varlıklar olsun hiçbirine zarar vermeyeceğim. Yemin ediyorum. “
“ Seni seviyorum, Mark.”
“ Ben de seni seviyorum, Sili. “

Yazan: Serdar Yıldırım