AUTHORS WHO CREATED THE CHAPTERS OF THE STORY

PART 1: Fatma DALKILIÇ / Egiad Secondary School

PART 2: Arife GENÇ / Nene Hatun Anaokulu 

PART 3: Bengi KÜÇÜKOĞLU / Urla İmam Hatip Ortaokulu

PART 4: Esra SAYGÜN / Polat Çelikdemir Anaokulu

PART 5: Lucia Vaššová - Základná škola, Lipová 183 - Slovakya

PART 6: Electra Zourou/7th Kindergarden of Heraklion, Attica, Greece

PART 7: Songül YÜCEL / Nefise İbrahim Çetin Anaokulu

PART 8: Arzu Mine YILMAZ / Adile Şen Anaokulu 

PART 9: Morar Anca Maria / Scoala Gimmaziala Avram Iancu Satu Mare /Romanya    

Toprak loved nature walks. He left home in the morning and started walking. There was a puddle on the road due to the rain. He thought about how he could cross. An idea came to his mind. He calculated how many stones he would place to cross the road without stepping in the water or getting wet. He decided that five large stones would be enough. He lined up the stones on the side of the road where the puddle was and crossed the road by stepping on the stones. . Fatma DALKILIÇ/ Egiad Secondary School

When Toprak realized that the rain was falling faster, she thought about what to do to avoid getting wet ... There were tree branches and leaves around her ... She used the tree branches around her to create a shelter for herself and protect herself from getting wet. Arife GENÇ/ Nene Hatun Anaokulu

When the rain stopped, he continued on his way. He saw a small ant nest under a tree in the forest.Toprak bent down and watched them carefully.“The ants work together!” he said.Then he examined the ants with the magnifying glass in his bag. He was very surprised! Bengi KÜÇÜKOĞLU/ Urla İmam Hatip Ortaokulu 

He heard a bird's voice up the road. He walked towards the direction of the voice. There was a small bird's nest among the branches. He learned not to damage the soil nests. He watched silently, then drew the bird in his notebook. Esra SAYGÜN/ Polat Çelikdemir Anaokulu

Toprak was walking peacefully when he suddenly encountered a large rock blocking his path. A small rabbit appeared and started digging quickly around the rock. Toprak decided to help. Using a stick, he cleared the soil alongside the rabbit. Together, they created a small path under the rock. Toprak smiled and passed through, grateful for the help of his little friend. As he walked on, he thought about how tunnels are built and how engineers study the soil and create supports, just like he and the rabbit had done.  Electra Zourou, 7th Kindergarden of Heraklion, Attica, Greece

Toprak and the rabbit finished the tunnel and hugged goodbye. As Toprak continued walking, she reached a hill full of flowers. There, she saw a butterfly struggling to fly—its wing was wet. He quickly took out a small napkin from her bag and gently dried its wing. The butterfly smiled and soon flew up to join its friends in the sky. Waving at them, Toprak thought, “Everything becomes easier when we work together,” and continued her journey with hope. Songül YÜCEL/ Nefise İbrahim Çetin Kindergarten 

Toprak He was walking along the stream and continued on his way. After walking for a while, he saw strange objects in the stream. He took a long stick and examined the water. Toprak could not believe his eyes. He took out a plastic bottle, a metal jar and a boot from the water. He knew that he had to protect the water sources that gave life to all living things. He threw these objects into the appropriate trash cans and continued on his way. Arzu Mine YILMAZ/ Adile Şen Anaokulu  

Toprak continued to walk with determined steps but a bit of a heavy heart. He kept thinking about the things he found in the water and how easily nature and animals could be harmed by human carelessness. As he went on, the stream became clearer and the surrounding forest responded with a gentle rustle as if to thank him.

At one point Toprak heard a faint whimpering sound. She stopped, listened carefully, and walked in the direction of the sound. 

Among the leaves and thick brush, she discovered a fox cub caught with one paw in an old, rusty trap. The animal was struggling, but it was too weak to make any more noise. 

— Don't be afraid, my little one, I will help you, Toprak said gently.

With careful movements, he released the cub and cleaned its wound with water from a clean container in his backpack. Then he picked it up and decided to take it to a wildlife sanctuary at the edge of the forest.

Along the way, Toprak thought about how important it is for every human to look at nature, not just for the beautiful landscapes, but also for the lives that depend on it. That day, she had not only saved a river and a fox cub, but she had also learned how great the power of a heart that loves nature can be.. Morar Anca Maria/ Scoala Gimmaziala Avram Iancu Satu Mare /Romanya    

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