Maria, Tina, and Eva, three friends, went to the forest for a school camping event.After setting up their tent, they told their teacher that they were very curious about the forest and wanted to explore a little — without going too far.But their teacher didn’t give them permission.While the teacher was busy with something else, the children quietly sneaked away from the campsite.They began to wander through the forest, full of curiosity and excitement.

They walked through the forest, chatting along the way.
The sky was slowly getting darker.
Then Tina turned to her friends and said,
“Girls, let’s go back to our campsite.
If the teacher notices we’re gone, she’s going to be really mad at us.

The three friends started walking back toward the campsite.
Suddenly, Maria stopped and turned to her friends.
“Guys, we haven’t been on this path before.
This isn’t the way to our camp,” she said.
The girls looked around carefully, and then Eva pointed to a trail ahead.
“I think we can get back to the camp this way,” she said.

The girls continued walking toward the campsite.Along the way, they came across a huge cave.At the entrance, there were lots of beautiful and delicious-looking foods.

The three friends looked at each other and asked,
“Are you hungry too?”
Then, they decided to go into the cave together and eat some of the food they found there.

The children entered the cave and started eating the food.
It was so dark inside that they couldn’t see anything.
Only the area where the food was placed was lit.
Because of that, Tina couldn’t see that what she was trying to grab from the ground wasn’t a fruit —
until she heard that scary sound.

The three friends turned around in fear,and saw a huge, angry purple dragon roaring loudly.A beam of light from the hole above was shining onto its face.

The dragon began walking toward them, roaring loudly.
It shouted angrily,
“You entered my home without permission.
You ate all my food and woke me up!
And now I’m very hungry.
My dinner looks delicious…”he said, as he continued stomping toward the children with his huge feet.

The girls screamed,“Help! Please save us!”and started running toward the entrance of the cave, shouting in fear.

When the girls reached the entrance, a terrible surprise was waiting for them.
They saw that the cave door was closing.
They looked at each other in fear.
The monster was getting closer and closer, and they had nowhere to run.
They were trapped — and had no idea what to do.

Maria said,
“I think we should keep shouting.
Maybe someone will pass by, hear us, and come to save us.”
The three friends began shouting again together,
“Help! The dragon is going to eat us! Please help us!”

At that moment, there was someone else walking through the forest.It was Rüstemman — the guardian of the forest.He heard the screams and started following the sounds to find out where they were coming from.As he got closer to the cave, he realized the voices were coming from inside.He began searching all around the cave, trying to find a way in.He looked carefully in every direction, but couldn’t find an entrance.