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Defne was at the backstage. And as soon as he saw Defne, Kayra went to her and asked: - Defne "How was my performance?" - Defne answered as follows, "You were very good" and after the show ended, Kayra had closing speech and finished.

Chloe was a simple 15 years old girl who had always lived surrounded by the strong noise of the cars, tall buildings , malls and parks. She had always spent her time with her mother, but lately , Chloe was interested in different things and they got to argue very often.&nbsp; ” Chloe, will you watch a movie with me?”, invited her mother.&nbsp; ”No, I need to go out with Rebecca!”... Was the usual tone ...&nbsp; As she couldn’t understand what was going on with Chloe, her mother&nbsp;asked the only person who could find out, Chloe’s grandfather and asked him to come and take the girl to their farm for a while. Maybe this way Chloe’s mind would clear a little bit and she wouldn’t be so nervous anymore. Marcus arrived on his old

4 TEAMS: 3 or 4 schools each team 1st school starts 2nd school continues 3rd school continues / ends 4th school ends

TEAM 1 Rossana Maglia - Liceo S. Anguissola Cremona - Italy START THE STORY Edanur ÇINAR-Işıklar Şeker Secondary School Afyon CONTİNUE THE STORY Gül KESGİN - Hocalar Imam Hatip Secondary School / Afyon END THE STORY

For quite some time, the field mouse and the city mouse were friends. The two loved each other so much. A nice friendship was established between them. The city mouse often visited the field mouse. They spent time playing goodbye together in the countryside. They used to run, jump, and roll as much as they wanted. Bigün City rat called his friend for dinner. Come to us tonight. Let me prepare a nice table for you. He said, "May your stomach be happy." The field mouse was very happy for this invitation. He started dreaming of the food he was going to eat. He dreamed of cheeses, sweets and cakes all night. Also, there is a bustle and a rush in the house of the City rat…

A variety of food and cakes are prepared. He has been running around all day. In the evening the field mouse got up and came. He looked, and the table was full of various foods. Nothing was missing on the table. They immediately sat down at the table. The feast has begun cheerful. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The field mouse would first take a bite of the cake. He just extended his fork, outside voices came……...

Laci's father was in the garden at the time and noticed the little field mice. Taking the mice in his palms, he stroked their faces and dried their soaked bodies. It was April 23rd. So today was a children's holiday. Laci's father, Ahmet, gifted his son Laci these little and sweet field mice as a holiday gift. Thus, Laci became the owner of sweet and little field mice on April 23 children's holiday and became a nice and warm home for field mice. Everyone happily continued their lives.

it started getting dark and Marcus said, "Now go to the houses, we'll get up early tomorrow morning and finish." As he said, they finished the work the next morning, only painting was left, and Luka and Chole took care of it. Chloe's grandparents knew what they were doing but hadn't seen the final version. After having breakfast, Chloe took them out to the garden and pointed to the gazebo. Both of them liked it very much. Chloe had forgotten her birthday while she was busy with these things. In the evening her mother called "We are coming to you tomorrow, birthday girl". Chloe was so excited that she was turning 16 tomorrow, when she got up to drink water at night she saw her grandmother packing something "What is that grandma?" "It's your birthday present, but don't ask what happened,

you have to be patient until tomorrow." Chloe was so excited, she drank water and went to her room. She fell asleep thinking about what the gift was. In the morning, she woke up with the car horn, her mother came, ran downstairs and hugged her mother. They entered the house with her mother. Her grandmother said, "Let's see, let's set the table." She showed the dishes. Chloe was so surprised "Grandma when did you do this much !?" "I got to work after you went to bed and they were all ready in the morning."

When Chloe came to them she wondered what they were talking about. Tom told him that they were talking to Ali. When their teachers came to the class, they took their places with three friends. If the first event that Chloe and Tom remembered after a nice first day, April 23rd was not a children's holiday. When they returned home, they chatted with their mother and father for dinner while having dinner. Everyone told how their days passed. Chloe and Tom also talked about their friend Ali and the dialogues between them today. When they researched April 23 with their parents, they liked the photos they saw on the internet. They thought that on April 23, we can celebrate the children's holiday together at home. After such a nice and sweet conversation, they slept soundly at night.

Chloe was surprised she did not expect such a thing, because her mother had never seen such a necklace. Grandpa immediately asked when will I get my necklace, he said. Marcus should wait. Chloe will give you the necklace when the time comes, her grandmother came up with a cookie plate in her hand. Oh Chloe said, I was about your age when I got my necklace. One more day was over. Chloe woke up with rooster noises, it was too early, she began to lament. Her grandmother and grandfather were waiting for her to have breakfast. When I had breakfast, Marcus said to Chloe. Come on Chloe today you have a lot of work to do. You have to help me. He said No, grandpa said when he heard that, but Chloe couldn't get out of it. Chloe was very tired, helping her grandfather all day.

A few days passed. A new day had begun. Chloe called her mother and said, "Enough, I don't want to stay here anymore, there's nothing to do here." "Please Chloe grandma and grandpa loves you so much, stay a few more days, you will make them very happy," said her mother. Chloe decided to stay a little longer. That day, Marcus took Chloe to the garage next to the house. There was a lot of old stuff in the garage, Marcus said, "Chloe, we will clean this place today. We will sort the items. There are very good items here, I'm sure you like it very much." Chloe found a pair of skates while cleaning the garage, they cleaned the dusty skates with her grandfather and checked their wheels "the skates are like new, thank you grandpa." Chloe's skating days were getting more colorful now, Chloe was not the same as before and didn't argue with

anyone often. Marcus had noticed Chloe's change from day one and tried hard to get him back to his old state, and his condition was getting better, but occasionally he was having problems. Chloe talked to her mother and she was going to stay with her grandmother for another week, and a week later it was her birthday, her grandmother was preparing a surprise for her. Chloe was very curious about her grandmother's surprise. She was thinking about the surprise while skating, playing, eating, even before she went to sleep. While she was sitting in the living room, she saw that Luke she met when she came here. He told his grandmother and went out. They talked a little together and then looked for something to do, but it was not there and they were so bored. Then Chloe had an idea, she told Luka that they could

park together. "Are we going to slide down the slide after this age," Luka said with contempt. Chloe "When I said park, I was talking about benches and a table to sit, and even a swing to the tree, after all, there are a lot of empty places here." Luka " Actually it makes sense that we don't have to sit on the floor under the sun and maybe celebrate your birthday outside, not at home. " This idea struck both Chloe and Luke's mind. They immediately got to work and took the necessary materials from the hut in the back. After thinking about what to do, they decided they couldn't do it alone, and they asked Marcus for help. Marcus was delighted to hear what they wanted to do because Chloe could have better time here. They got to work right away,

The two&nbsp;get up&nbsp;happily and go to have breakfast. Chloe has breakfast with milk and cereal and Tom with eggs and orange soda. After breakfast they go immediately to get dressed: Chloe wears a blue dress, a red sweater with the gold school crest, a white shirt, a red headband and white ballet flats; Tom is wearing blue pants, a sweater like his sister's, a white shirt, a red and gold tie and his new white shoes with lights. Once they have finished getting ready, with the fear of being late, the twins run into their father's car who, before going to work, takes them to school. During the ride both are very anxious, Chloe doesn't say a word while Tom doesn't pause for a second. They have finally arrived: the school is very large, on two floors, and is full of flags and festoons in the colors of the school and, on the main facade, there

is the coat of arms representing the school. The children get out of the car, say goodbye to their father and together enter the main door where the new teachers are waiting for them ...

They entered the classroom. The teacher had not come yet. Chloe, who was shy, did not want to leave her brother and they sat together. But Tom wanted to sit with his friend Ali, whom he knew from kindergarten. He persuaded Chloe and went over to Ali. The two friends, who missed each other on summer vacation, hugged. Ali came to school wearing a red shirt and white pants. This Tom wondered and asked: -Ali, why did you choose these colors? Is your favorite color red?

April activities by Daniela Guicin and Rossana Maglia

- Kayra, they don't look like any files. What are they? Kayra started telling, "I took notes while I was preparing for the presentation, these are the drafts of the presentation." - Defne “so what are we waiting for then let's start writing”. Kayra and Defne started writing for half an hour, forty-five minutes. until they finished the presentation and after that, they began to rehearse, and he put the file well in its bag so that it would not be lost again. 2 DAYS LATER Children, at the age of Kayra,&nbsp;came from abroad for April 23rd Children's Day celebrations. They left the house together and went to the place where the demonstrations were going to take place. About ten minutes later, Defne and her family arrived.

- Defne runs to Kayra and says "Are you excited?" she immediately asked - Kayra did not go too far by saying “very much” and walked towards the stage. It was time to start. Kayra made her presentation very well and called her friends from abroad, who were the last dancers. He announced: - "And finally, let's take Nicolò, Eleonora, Claudia and Luiza from Italy and Romania to the stage to perform their shows" and then went to the backstage.

Defne knew this boy from the camping area. He was a very cheerful boy. It was a great opportunity to be friends. She approached him slowly but he didn't even notice Defne. She politely introduced herself by sitting next to him: - Hello, my name is Defne. The boy looked at her sadly and I said: - Hi, I'm Kayra. Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you to Kayra. What is the problem? You look so sad. Kayra looked at her sadly and said: - I'm fine Defne. Thank you for asking.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But Defne was not convinced and insisted on him. Kayra started to tell everything: Kayra was the presenter of April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day celebrations in Mersin.

April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day was the only holiday gifted to the children of the world by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Every year, children from the other countries came to Turkey to celebrate this day. Thus, different cultures knew each other and the children of the world celebrated this day together. Last year, 4 children from Pakistan and America were the guests of Kayra. This year, Kayra and his family would host 4 children from Italy and Romania named, Nicolò, Eleonora, Claudia and Luiza. But He lost his presentation file in the forest and he was sorry for it. - Why don't you ask your teacher for the presentation file again? Defne asked.

Voices approached and the door knocked. The arrivals were a family of squirrels. The city mouse had also invited the squirrel family. The squirrel family was 4 people and it was a very sweet family. When they arrived, they brought a bag full of nuts with them. That night the mice and squirrels had a lot of fun, ate and drank and were very happy. It was morning and everyone in the house opened their eyes and it was stormy outside...

It was raining heavily. The house of the field rats was flooded and they were very cold. They immediately had to leave their home and wait outside. Field mice, which spent the whole day outside, got sick. Cats were constantly passing by. The field mice clung to each other in fear. Suddenly a cat noticed the field rats and began to prowl over the mice ....

Laci's mouse was a lovely field mouse. He loved children very much. They often played together during the holidays. One fine summer day a sudden miracle happened ... When the heavy rain stopped Laci's mouse ran to the door ...

TEAM 2:&nbsp; Belgin BİRGEN - Sehit Erol Olcok Secondary School - Mersin START THE STORY Gülcan DALBOY Tatlıcak Secondary School Konya CONTINUE THE STORY Özcan ÇİÇEK - Bergama Mualla Ersezgin Secondary School - Izmir- END THE STORY

TEAM 3:&nbsp; Daniela GUICIN - Liceul Tehnologic nr 1 Bals v. România START THE STORY Mehmet AYDIN - Niksar Şehit Bülent Ay Secondary School - Tokat - CONTINUE THE STORY Adnan TAYFUR - Atatürk Secondary School Kahramanmaraş - END THE STORY

Chloe hugged her grandmother "Thank you". They all prepared the table together. The food was eaten, the cake was cut, it was time for gifts. Chloe started opening the gift she was most curious about at first, her grandmother's gift. When you open it, what can it see?

She saw her grandmother’s necklace. She was surprised because she did not expect this valuable present. When she wore it, she became nervous because this necklace is worth everything. She couldn’t find any word to thank her grandmother. She was so happy that she forgot to open other presents. When her mother realized how she changed during this time, she became happy. She knows that she did good thing for her daughter. After a long time seeing her daughter’s happiness, she is also happy. After that day, Luke became more understanding, cheerful and helpful young girl. She started to spend more time with her grandparents.&nbsp;

Ali said, '' red is also one of my favorite colors, but that's why I didn't wear it. Today is our first day at school, my mother said that it will continue until the end of school as you feel on the first day. "I wanted to wear the colors of our flag, as it is April 23rd, which is the happiest day for me," he said. “Why are you so happy on April 23,” Tom asked.

Ali: Because that day is a children's holiday. We decorate all over the house, we sing, we dance, Turkey's founder Ataturk was a gift to us on April 23. Wondering about the conversation, Chloe came to Tom and Ali. She knew Chloe Ali, who was shy, from kindergarten.

- I called my teacher but I could not reach her, Kayra said. Defne smiled at Kayra and said: &nbsp;&nbsp;- Don't&nbsp; worry. I and my brother would help you to search the forest….

- Where was this presentation file last, said Defne. - It was on the table in the camping area in the forest, Kayra said. Defne, her brother and Kayra went towards the camping area. They looked on the table, the file was not there.

They looked at the dining hall, and it wasn't there. They searched everywhere but could not find it. Returning to Defne, Kayra: - Have you looked at your bag, Kayra? - "I looked, but nowhere." he said and started to cry with sadness. Defne to Kayra "Can you give me your bag?" she asked Kayra wiped her tears and went to the dormitory, took his bag and handed it to the Defne. Defne looked all over the bag and could not find it. Defne was also very sad. Defne's brother immediately grabbed the bag and started searching inside, and seconds later he pulled out a few pages of paper. Kayra immediately took the paper and looked at it, these papers were the drafts of the presentation. Kayra was very happy. Defne immediately asked:

”That doesn’t sound very well... I'm going to wash my face,” said Chloe, not interested in what the great deal of work might be.&nbsp; Hours hardly passed ...The day seemed longer here...She spent her afternoon looking at her grandfather’s disks collection . Bored with everything, she decided to check the attic. Surely her grandparents kept interesting stuff there.Maybe old photos....&nbsp; ”Pfff....I have never seen so much dust in my life!” Said Chloe right when she stumbled on an old wooden box. She kneeled, picked it up, cleaned it with her hand and opened! Inside....&nbsp;

Inside were old photos, interesting clothes and a necklace. Chloe looked at the photos, couldn't believe that the woman in the photos was her grandmother. Her grandfather was also very young. Chloe took it in the box and went downstairs. Her grandmother greeted her downstairs. “How young are you Chloe,” she said. Her Grandfather came to them, and they looked at the items in the box, and Chloe was already bored as they recounted her memories. The glowing necklace inside the box caught her attention, took the pendant and asked her grandfather "Whose necklace is this?" The necklace was her grandmother's. His grandfather said, “This necklace is a family heirloom,” and she continued, there are 3 of these necklaces.

motorcycle and wearing, ofcourse, his old leather jacket. Arrived home, after her grandfather’s arrival, Chloe run immediately into his arms exclaiming:&nbsp;&nbsp; ”Grandpa, what brings you here? I’m so glad to see you! I haven’t seen you for a few months!”&nbsp; ”Well, i missed my favorite niece! ”, Said Marcus&nbsp; ”You promised to bring me grannie’s cookies!!!”, replied Chloe with joy.&nbsp; “Forget about it. It wasn’t needed because you are going to visit her anyway. You are going to stay with us for a while.”&nbsp; “What?! I’m not going anywhere! I don’t want to feed the chickens and listen to jazz music all day long! Mom did you agree with this?”&nbsp; ”I was thinking it will do you well.... Your luggage is ready anyway. Let's not talk things over,honey. Your grandparents

love you so much and you missed them a lot. So you said'' her mother tried to explain.&nbsp; Even if she didn't like it, Chloe went to her grandparents house anyway. After a two hours trip they were welcomed in front of the old house by her always smiling grannie. Entering the house, a great warm cookie smell filled the room. The three of them spent the evening chatting&nbsp;and enjoying the delicious cookies till they felt like sleeping.&nbsp; The morning came with the rooster song who did not allow anyone in the house to rest a bit more.&nbsp; ” Is this the way you wake up every day? Asked Chloe with a sleepy voice.&nbsp; ”Yes. We are doing a great deal of work in the morning, dear!”&nbsp;

TEAM 4: Tarık Kahraman ÖZDEMİR - Atatürk Secondary School -Ordu START THE STORY Mehmet DEMİR - Sekili Secondary School - Gaziantep CONTINUE THE STORY Ümit BARIŞKAN - Mustafa Adıyaman Secondary School - Antalya CONTINUE THE STORY Ümit BARIŞKAN - Mustafa Adıyaman Secondary School - Antalya CONTINUE THE STORY Mehmet DEMİR - Sekili Secondary School - Gaziantep END THE STORY

Today is the first day of elementary school for the twins, Chloe and Tom; their mum wakes them up at 7.30 and they can't wait starting this new experience. Chloe is a tall, thin girl with long, curly and strawberry-color hair and blue eyes; she is very shy and fearful. Tom, instead, is similar in terms of physical appearance: tall, robust, with wavy red hair, blue eyes and freckles, but in terms of personality, he is almost the opposite: he is extrovert, lively and sociable.

There was a little girl named Defne who lived with her family and grandmother. Defne was&nbsp;a happy child. Five years ago, Defne went camping with her family. She was seven years old , her father drove them to Boğsak, Mersin. It was a fascinating place. She was very happy. The weather was hot and sunny. They put up their tents. After that, she went swimming with her brother in the sea..

Defne had fun time at sea with her brother. They gathered seashells together and tried to fish. While Defne was collecting seashells, she noticed a boy who was sitting sadly.

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