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They go back their homes running and decide to call each other in the evening. When Masal calls Kristina, she said :"Why don't you come to my house tomorrow? We get together and play some games. " Kristina answers : "That sounds awesome. I'll be there." The next day when Kristina goes to Masal's house, Masal shows her the house and her room first. Then Masal and Kristina talk, drink fruit juice and play chess.

The next day Francisco sees Masal in the park while walking her dog. She looks anxious. Francisco calls her and asks; -How are you? Masal says: I'm OK. But I'm thinking about my homework. Francisco: What is it about? Masal: My teacher gave me a project homework about Slovakia, but I don't know how to do it. Francisco: I can help you. I have been there before with a school trip. Masal gets surprised and gets excited. And she invites him to her home in the afternoon.

While Masal and Kristine are playing chess at Masal's house Dominika, Marine, and Jade meet. Dominika says "Why don't we go to the park to spend time together?" Marine answers "good idea, I'll bring my guitar". Dominika: "I'll bring my toys and we'll have fun." Jade says:" I'm reading an interesting book on Turkish culture. We can read the book and discover together a beautiful country."

Masal and Her Friends’ Secret Book Adventures 

Suddenly, Masal finds a strange book under the tree but she doesn't explain about to her friends. She decides to read the book but alone. She climbs a tall tree and sits on one of the strongest branches. She can't read the book. Because she does not know this language. She sees a familiar word in the book. It is "pizza."

She knows "pizza" is from Italy. Masal thinks that the book is written in Italian. She wants to know what the book is about but she doesn't understand the language, so she decides to go to school alone and ask her teacher about the contents of the book. The teacher explains that the book is actually a culinary recipe about making a pizza. With this realization, she once again comes back to her friends. When Masal greets them, she finds out that they want to go to a folk festival which is today in their town.

Next day, they meet at the National Park. The weather is partly cloudy. Masal says "I baked "flamiche" for you." Matteo gets three cups and "french press coffee" out of his bag. Kristina says"Here are sandwiches that I made with baguette". After the long way they ride their bikes, they are so hungry and so happy with their French Picnic. After they eat their sandwiches, flamiche and drink coffee, they feed the ducks in the lake. In the end, they play a cloud shape game and have a lot of fun. Suddenly, the sky turns dark and it starts to rain...

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Francisco comes to Masal's home a few hours later. Francisco advises her to write about historical places. Masal's favorite is Bojnicky Zamok which is a fantastic castle located in Bojnice. It was built in 12th century, and it is one of the biggest touristic attractions in the country. Masal and Francisco finish the homework together and Masal sends her homework to her teacher in the morning.

While they are playing chess, Kristina asked Masal about a traditional French game called "jeu de la barbichette". But Masal doesn't know this game and she wants to play. Kristina explains the game and rules. Masal gets very excited and they start to play. The game is very funny, they can't stop laughing so they slap each other all day.

Masal gets up very early in the mornings even at weekends. It is a warm spring day. It is a lovely sunny day. She gets dressed. She wears a hooded sweatshirt and goes outside to meet with her friends in the park. There are a lot of tall trees around the park. When she arrives there, she sees some of her friends, Doruk, Francesco, Matteo, Kristina, Igor, Jade, Dominika and Maxime. Then, they swing, slide and play on the monkey bar. They all enjoy together.

When they go back home, they have a bath, they have dinner with their families. After dinner they brush their teeth and they get ready to meet their friends online.&nbsp; Masal, Francesco, Matteo, Kristina, Igor, Maxime, Francisco, Jade, and Marine meet on Zoom and talk about their experiences. They have learned about new traditions, they have tasted foreign traditional food and they have discovered new places to visit. Everything was somehow strange, but very interesting.

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In the book, there is a page on Turkish typical food. They have never tried kebab. Kebab consists of small cubes of meat cooked on a skewer over a fire. They decide to go out in the evening with their friends to eat kebabs.

When they get there, they see a huge crowd dancing and singing some folk songs. Some of these people are wearing traditional Polish clothes with colorful and flowery patterns. When they ask someone, he explains that they are Slovakians and currently they are celebrating the coming of spring. That's why some of them pour water on each others. They call it "Śmigus-Dyngus".

In the end, they have realized that learning about different cultures is great and so you can unlock a new type of view over the entire world.&nbsp;

After the "Śmigus-Dyngus" festival, Masal asks their friends why they do not have a picnic since it is spring. Kristina and Matteo get excited about this idea. Then, they decide to have a picnic the next day. Transportation is a problem for them. Kristina offers them to go to the National Park with their bicycles. Matteo says he would prefer going there on foot. Masal and Kristina are surprised.Masal says "let's flip a coin". Masal asks "Heads or tails Matteo?" Matteo says "tails". Masal flips the coin and Matteo loses. So, they agree to go to the National Park with their bicycles. Kristina says "Let's decide a theme for our picnic, so we can learn new cultures and their cuisines." Masal says "French culinary is a good idea. I wonder what you will prepare tomorrow."

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