This story book has been written by the mixed international student teams in eTwinning Project titled "COOL THE EARTH, WARM THE HEARTS" as a tangible outcome of the project. Each team has written its own story collaboratively and five wonderful short stories have come out for readers. 

TEAM - A     PART-1

Ali Tarık (Handan's Team)                   Parnian (Handan's Team)

Emirhan (Zeynep's Team)                  Melis (Zeynep's Team)

Defne (Zeynep's Team)                     Zeynep Ada (Burcu's Team)

Melek (Burcu's Team)                       Sinem (Sıddık's Team)

Paweł K. (Larysa's Team)                 Patryk L. (Larysa's Team)

Wiktor K. (Larysa's Team)              Nikodem R-L. (Larysa's Team)

Ali Tarık (Handan's Team)             Emirhan (Zeynep's Team)

Ayla and Deniz were playing in the forest when Ayla suddenly said, “I hear someone talking.”

A tall tree whispered, “You can hear us because you care.”

The tree showed them plastic trash hurting its roots and said, “The soil cannot breathe.”

A bird named Mavi flew down and cried, “The river is dirty, and my friends are leaving.”

Deniz looked around and asked, “Why is nature so sad?”

The Earth answered softly, “People forget to protect me.”

Ayla held Deniz’s hand and said, “We want to help, but we don’t know how.”

The tree replied, “Listen carefully, and nature will guide

you.”

The wind blew gently, as if inviting the children to begin their journey.

The children went where the wind took them.

The wind took them to a river. There they heard the fish crying.

Ayla asked the fish why they were crying. The fish said,

"The river is very dirty. We cannot breathe, and we cannot swim because of the trash."

Ayla and Deniz were very sad about this.

The leader of the fish said that other animals had the

same problem and that people were polluting the forest on purpose.

The animals are leaving the forest because they can no longer drink water from the river. Ayla and Deniz started to think about a solution.

They decided to clean up the trash. They started working, it was getting darker and darker but it felt like they hadn’t made any progress. Alya suggested “Maybe we can ask our teacher for more affective ways?”

Next day at school, they asked their teacher for help. Their teacher listened carefully and suggested “I understand your concerns. You are really thoughtful. You should research about the reasons behind pollution and climate change.You should know what causes them and what we can do to protect nature. Humans are a part of nature and we should know that changes in nature affect us.”

Deniz said “ But it doesn’t help if only we know it.”

Teacher replied “ You’re right Deniz. We should warn and educate other people too.”

After school they went to library searching for solutions.

At the library, Ayla and Deniz read books about recycling, clean energy, and saving water.They learned that small actions can make a big difference when people work together.The next day, they made colorful posters to teach other students how to protect nature.They talked about using less plastic and keeping rivers clean.Their friends listened carefully and wanted to help too.

Together, they planned a school clean-up day near the river. When the day ended, Ayla and Deniz walked quietly by the river to think.The water moved slowly, as if it was waiting for them.That evening, the river whispered their names, and the wind gently pulled them forward.The trees leaned closer as if they had a secret to share.Ayla and Deniz looked at each other and knew that nature was calling them to a new adventure.

They worked so hard to clean the river but it was worth it. As they finished cleaning the riverbank, their hands were cold and tired.

The river answered them with a soft sound, like a quiet

thank-you.

The water moved more freely now, carrying fewer shadows with it.

A small fish appeared near the shore, watching them carefully.

It circled once, then disappeared, as if to tell the river what it had seen.

Ayla felt that the river was no longer just water.

Ayla stayed by the river for a while after the fish disappeared.

The sun was slowly sinking, painting the water orange.

She rubbed her hands together, still feeling the cold from earlier.

As she stood up to leave, she noticed something she hadn’t seen before:

a small wooden sign under the grass.

It looked old, covered with mud.

Ayla pulled it out and wiped the dirt away.

There was a message carved into it:

“This river belongs to all of us.

If you take care of it,It will take care of you.”

The handwriting was uneven, probably written by someone many years ago.

Ayla wondered who had put it there.

Maybe someone who once loved the river the same way she was starting to.

Just then, she heard a whisper behind her.

A squirrel peeked out from a tree trunk, staring at her curiously.

It chattered softly, almost like it was saying,

“Don’t forget the sign.”

Ayla laughed a little.

“Don’t worry,” she said. “I won’t.”

She placed the sign upright on the riverbank so others could see it.

Then she looked at the water one last time.

The river flowed gently, as if promising it would be ready

when she returned.

And Ayla knew this wasn’t the end of the story

just the beginning of a new one.

Early one morning, Ayla and Deniz returned to the river.

The air was fresh, and tiny drops of water shined like diamonds on the leaves.

They felt proud of what they had done, but they also knew their work was not finished.

“Nature trusted us,” Ayla said softly. “We cannot

disappoint it.”

Deniz agreed and replied, “This is not only our story anymore. It belongs to everyone.”

The tall tree moved its branches and whispered, “You listened to us.”

Mavi flew in circles above their heads and sang happily.

“The forest feels safer now,” the bird said, “but some places are still in danger.”

A cool wind passed through the grass, as if it was asking them to keep going.

That day, Ayla and Deniz went to school with new energy.

They talked to their friends about climate change, pollution, and recycling.

They showed pictures of the river before and after cleaning it.

Many students were surprised and wanted to help.

Soon, they decided to start a “Nature and Climate Club.”

Every week, the club met after lessons.

They learned how to save water and reduce waste.

They collected used batteries and plastic bottles for recycling.

They prepared small presentations for younger students.

Even teachers joined their activities and supported them.

Weeks passed, and the Nature and Climate Club grew bigger every day.

Ayla and Deniz noticed that people in the neighborhood

started to use less plastic and throw less trash on the ground.

The tall tree explained; " once this wasteland was a place of wonders and miracles of nature, but the more people forgot about it the more miserable this part of the forest became" the tall three signed filled with grief from old memories "once this place was a source of hope for everyone! but now... it's just a land that reminds us how uncaring humans have became..." but suddenly the trees branches shifted with hope " but you guys are different! Maybe with you guys' help world can once again find it's hope. We saw how caring you guys were, we saw how dedicated you were to help, thanks to you guys the forest is once again filled with hope!

That's why we led you guys here. Because we know you will care, and we know you will succeed, so with what left of our hopes and dreams we lay them on you guys..." with the tall trees speech echoing through the woods Ayla and Deniz were more inspired than ever. 

They looked through the forest they saved than to the one that was waiting for their savior, they knew it was going to be hard but they also knew there was so much on the line to lose hope. Two friends looked at each other, same thing in their mind, surprisingly calm against the rising odds because they had a plan...

Ayla and Deniz didn't waste a second and immediately began to execute their secret strategy. They reached into their bags and pulled out the ancient, glowing seeds they had collected during their journey.

As they planted the first seed at the foot of the tall tree, the ground began to vibrate with a mysterious, rhythmic pulse. Suddenly, a blinding emerald light erupted from the soil, stretching towards the grey sky like a beacon. The surrounding wasteland started to shiver, and for the first time in decades, the scent of fresh rain filled the dry air. However, as the light intensified, a strange, metallic sound echoed from the dark outskirts of the forest.

The two friends froze, realizing that their actions had awakened something that had been hiding in the shadows for a long time. They looked at each other, knowing that the most dangerous part of their plan was about to begin... 

Ayla and Deniz stood frozen as the metallic scraping grew louder, echoing through the trees. From the shadows, a large, old construction drone emerged, its rusted frame shaking as it moved toward the light. It seemed to be malfunctioning, reacting aggressively to the sudden change in the environment. 

Deniz grabbed Ayla’s arm, pulling her behind the thick trunk of the ancient tree. They watched as the machine began to dig up the soil right where they had planted the glowing seed. "If it destroys the seed, the pulse will stop," Deniz whispered urgently. They knew they had to distract the drone without getting caught in its heavy mechanical path.

Ayla looked around and spotted a pile of old metal scraps nearby that could serve as a diversion. She picked up a heavy bolt, ready to throw it, but then she noticed a small control panel hanging open on the back of the machine.

Ayla realized that the open control panel was their only chance to save the glowing seed. She took a deep breath and sprinted toward the malfunctioning drone while Deniz threw metal scraps to distract it. 

The machine swung its heavy arms toward the noise, giving Ayla just enough time to reach the wires. With trembling hands, she saw a red light blinking urgently on the dusty screen of the old drone. She remembered what they learned at the Nature Club and decided to reconnect the green wires instead of breaking them. Suddenly, the aggressive humming of the machine

stopped and was replaced by a soft, peaceful glow. 

The drone’s mechanical claws relaxed, and it gently lowered itself onto the soft grass without causing any more damage. 

Ayla and Deniz watched in silence as the emerald light from the seed finally spread across the entire wasteland. They smiled at each other, knowing they had turned a symbol of destruction into a protector of the new forest.

TEAM - B     PART 2  

Ayşegül (Handan's Team)               Ela (Handan's Team)

Selma (French Team)                      Soraya (French Team)

Younes  (French Team)                    Ali Aral (Zeynep's Team)

Gökçen (Zeynep's Team)               Ayşem (Burcu's Team)

Yağmur (Sıddık's Team)                   Hayrunnisa(Arzu's team)

Cansu(Arzu's team)                          Rozarin (Arzu's team)

Łukasz S. (Larysa's Team)             Murat (Sibel's Team)

Kayra Ege (Nazlıcan's Team)         Muhammed Emin (Nazlıcan's Team)

Eren (Nazlıcan's Team)

Special thanks to Younes from Lycée polyvalent André Argouges - France, for illustrating the chapters of Team B

Once upon a time, in a green valley, a kind girl named Lina could understand the voices of nature. One day, an old oak tree sighed, “We are getting weaker.” The river whispered, “I am tired,” and a small turtle said, “No one listens to us.”

Lina answered softly, “Then I will be your voice.” A wise owl nodded and said, “Those who protect nature protect their future.”

With that promise in her heart, Lina set off to tell the world what nature could not say aloud.

Lina began her journey by speaking to the people in the nearest village, but most of them ignored her words. They were too busy with their daily lives to care about a tired river or a crying tree. Still, Lina did not give up and decided to collect real signs of nature’s pain. 

She returned to the valley and noticed fish disappearing and birds leaving their nests. One night, the owl said that time was running out. The river grew quieter each day, as if it was losing its strength to speak. 

Lina felt fear for the first time, realizing that hope alone was not enough. She understood that she needed help,

not just belief. With a heavy heart, she wrote a message that could reach far beyond the valley.

Lina sent her message outside the valley and began to wait. As the days passed, the valley became very quiet and hopeless. 

The river could whisper hardly, silently and sadly. And birds were seen less and less as time passes. 

One night, the Wise Owl said to Lina, “A change is coming soon.” Lina looked into the distance and noticed some movement on the road. 

She did not know what it meant, but she felt that the story was not over yet. Her hope shone brightly, and her eyes sparkled.

As Lina walked deeper into the valley, the silence felt heavier than ever. The leaves no longer whispered, and the birds did not sing. Even the wind seemed afraid to speak. Lina stopped for a moment and placed her hand on the ground. It felt tired.

Suddenly, a soft glow appeared near the old oak tree. From the shadows stepped the small turtle and the wise owl once more.

“You are not alone,” said the turtle gently.

“The valley is listening,” added the owl.

Lina closed her eyes and spoke from her heart. She promised to protect nature, to tell others what she had learned, and to never ignore its quiet cries again. As her words echoed, the ground trembled slightly. A small stream of water began to flow, and a single bird flew across the sky.

Hope returned, slowly but surely. Lina smiled, knowing that change does not come all at once but it always begins with someone who cares.

Lina, knowing that the village didnt see the danger like she did, knew she had to do something. With time; the

trees went sicker, the once cold ice river was now still, in a deep sleep most of the time to escape the poison people released into its waters, flooting within its veins. 

It gave Lina a blue shining crystal, the river made it from the last clean water there was left in it. "You can't get the change that you seek if you dont have enough knowledge within your hands. Go talk to some other trees, the ocean, animals that live in the deep of the dark forest ahead. Luck is nothing more than right time and place, find the right moment or create it yourself." 

Lina listened and listened well as the river spoke its last words before falling into a long, everlasting sleep. She know that she didnt have any more time left. For 10 days and 10 nights she walked on a path that seemed longer each day. First the forest, then the ocean she walked, speaking with the animals that she never talked before... They kept her safe and sound, giving her food, beds of flowers when she needed the rest. But with every story she heard from every troubled branch, painful cries from the little bunnies and animals that was left without a family. 

She felt so lost, away from everything she knew for so

long, trying to reach a city to warn people, maybe even to find someone that was just like her so they can understand not only hers but "their" misery. One night she sat on an open area thats covered with grass, the night sky was empty. 

She looked up at the clouds "I can no longer tell if you're the beauty once i saw when i was child or just an illusion that wants to take the last breathe out of my lungs? The closer i get to the city the lesser i see that crystals whom were dancing with the sky. Is the moon lonely i wonder... Away from us humans or is it happy that we have all that distance between us so we cant harm it too?" 

As she finished her words the clouds vanished, making the moon shine right into her eyes and soul as she slowly feel into another ocean of dreams "Sing a song for her dear Luna, shine with the light you were blessed with... The little girl seeks comfort in your reflecting light, dont you see? When did you core went this much cold? Shine her a star, tell the Sun to make her rise and shine within the morning ether, my clouds will keep her company. 

For i know that she was born from one emotion only, her love is the deepest way into your cold core, a way thats divine beyond your elegant light." Told the sky to 

Luna, begging her even tho the distance was oh so far. Just then a little beam of light came with a new blessing from above, shaping itself into another crystal so that they can guide her way for her remaining journey as she slept below a cold air and a warm light. 

"I have waited all these years for a face like hers to appear once again. Let this one wake up her people for a better tomorrow and maybe then she will know that im not alone, they just no longer see the stars all around me because of their light trying to overpower mine..."

As Lina walked toward the valley's edge, the air suddenly

changed. The sky, calm until then, turned black in seconds. A violent wind rose, tearing leaves from the trees. Then the rain fell. Not a gentle rain… a torrential, heavy, icy downpour that pounded the earth like blows. 

Lina ran for cover when suddenly the ground vibrated beneath her feet. A rumble rose from the depths of the earth. The valley trembled.

Nature began to get angry at humans, fed up with their selfish and immature actions, and wanted to make them regret it and pay for their deeds.

The Earth started blowing so hard that all the parks and flowers were carried away.

The rain wouldn’t stop and flooded everything with its friend, the tsunami.

All the ice began to melt, and the polar bears were forced to leave their homes.

The Earth was really angry and very sad.

All these problems not only made people angry, but also changed their lives a lot. Many people found it hard to go on with their daily lives because everything suddenly changed. However, this situation did not affect people only in a negative way. After what happened, people started to realize that something was wrong and began to question their own mistakes.

Many families decided to move away from big, crowded cities to live in small green villages. They built eco-friendly houses and started to grow their own vegetables in their gardens. Instead of using plastic, they used recycled materials for everything in their daily lives. 

School children also learned how to protect the environment and plant trees every weekend. However, some people were still worried about the old factories in the distance. These massive buildings were still there, and they were a reminder of the past mistakes. 

One day, a group of young students found a mysterious path leading to one of those closed factories. They wondered if the world was truly safe now or if there was still a secret problem hidden inside.

Suddenly, they found an old computer that was still working in a small room.

They read the files and learned a very important secret about the place.

The factory was not polluting the air anymore; it was cleaning the village's water.

The students felt very happy because their world was finally safe and clean.

They ran back to the village to tell everyone the good news about the old factory.

So after that incident people try to find solutions.First of all they tried to sent messages with world wide protest

that even governments couldn't touch. So world leaders signed concordant to protect the world. 

After that signing action people felt relief but inside down they didn't feel it's enough for world.Then they started to make organic based products and tried to live with nature not just lived in it.

TEAM - C   PART 3 

Deniz (Handan's Team)            Elçin(Arzu's team)

Aras (Handan's Team)              Oliwier S. (Larysa's Team)

Precious (French Team)           Szymon P. (Larysa's Team)

Jorys (French Team)                 Habibe (Sibel's Team )

Umut (Zeynep's Team)            Ecmel (Nazlıcan's Team)

Beril (Burcu's Team)

Mertcan (Sıddık's Team)

Dila(Arzu's team)

Sıla (Arzu's team)

Zeynep Öykü (Nazlıcan'sTeam)

Harun (Zeynep's Team)

I'm polar bear. I live in the North Pole. My home is madeof ice. But now, the sun is very strong and the ice ismelting. I have to swim for a long time. I am very tiredand I can't find a place to sleep.

As I was on my hunt for food, all I could see was meltedgrounds. Right as I spotted a seal, the reek of petrolfrom a nearby ship had made me fall. I swim for hours toan end, only to see my prey suffering. I've started topity the very things that I destroy, only if others coulddo the same.

As the hours passed, my tiresome and hunger increased,and I almost collapsed. With every step towards myprey, I realized it was just like me. The changingconditions of life had affected all living things here.Hunting and finding food became harder, and our homewas melting away.

To survive and continue our lives this way was verydifficult. I left my prey who was suffering and turnedtowards the fish in the water. I tried to catch a fewand eat. But they also couldn’t adapt to the changingconditions and couldn't survive.

I sat on a small piece of ice, feeling lonely and tired. The vast blue ocean, which used to be my playground, now felt like a giant puzzle with missing pieces. Just then, Isaw a wise old Albatross soaring above.He landed gracefully beside me and whispered, The ice is melting, and the fish are disappearing because the world is getting too warm. But you are not alone in this fight.

He told me about children in far-off lands who wereplanting trees, cleaning beaches, and telling everyone toprotect our home. 

 'They are becoming the voice of nature,' he said. For the first time in days, I felt a spark of hope.I realized that to save our home, we needed to connect with those voices. I stood up, looked at the horizon, and decided to find a way to let the world hear our story.

Empowered by the Albatross's words, I set out on along journey through the melting glaciers toward the mainland.

As I saw the plastics washed ashore and the pitch black oil waste along the way, I realized once more how vital my story was.

A giant sign erected in the town square now read:"The polar bear's home is everyone's home."The light of hope in my heart began to warm my whole body more powerfully than the cold of the ice. I knew now that once the voice of nature was heard, the world would have a chance to return to its old, cool, and peaceful.

When I saw that my goal had been achieved, I set off on my return journey. After a long journey home, I returned to be greeted by my seal friend. It told me that some of the penguins had returned after escaping.

I then saw that the glaciers weren't melting as before, and the temperature was slowly returning to normal.

After my return, life slowly returned to normal. People came to tell us about their new ecological methods.