Jack and the Beanstalk Stories English Story

Jack went on a hunt then... an old, old man gave Jack some beans. Then Jack ran back home. Mum told Jack off and chucked the beans outside. Then... the next day he saw the beanstalk growing. Brooklyn


Once upon a time Jack’s mum and Jack were...poor and Jack climbed up on the beanstalk... and he saw a castle. The wife came out and said “Come inside Jack”.
Stomp, stomp, stomp... Victoria


The giant gobbled up the little children. He smelled Jack in the castle. Then the giant gobbled up Jack. Marcus


The beanstalk grew bigger and bigger and... then it grew humungous! The giant said to the hen, “Hen, lay an egg”. The giant got his harp and he said to the harp “Play a song” so the harp played a song. Then Jack took the harp. Alice


The old man gave the beans to Jack. He went back to his house. His mother said, “No Jack, you can’t bring those beans in!” Campbell


The giant can smell Jack in the castle. Jack climbed up the beanstalk. Up and up and up he went... to the castle to get the magic hen. Lewis


First Jack sold his cow and then he climbed a big beanstalk. It went higher and higher and higher into the sky. The giant said “Fe fi foe fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman”. Jack took the golden harp then hurried down the beanstalk and he went back home. Poppy


Jack climbed up and up and up and up. At the

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top there was a castle in the sky. Ben


The humungous... giant said “Fe fi foe fum, I am coming to get you!” Kobe


The castle had two giants inside. The beanstalk tumbled down because Jack cut it down. Joseph


The giant thumped down the big, big... beanstalk. Jack was cutting the beanstalk. He was too late and then the giant got hurt. Cooper


First the jumbo giant said “Fe fi foe fum, I can smell a little boy. I need to find him so I can eat him up”. But... one minute he fell asleep then Jack got the hen that laid golden eggs. Last Jack went back down to his house. Tj


Jack sold the cow to a small man. The small man gave him some beans. He made a beanstalk and he climbed it to a castle. He knocked on the door. Knock, knock, knock went the door. “Come in” said the lady. Jack said “My mother and me need some food, can you give me some?”. “No I won’t” said the lady. The next day he came back and found his father’s chicken who makes golden eggs. HollyFirst the jumbo giant came to the home and the giant smelled Jack and he went to the castle. Then Jack went to hide in the castle and... the giant said “Fe fi foe fum, I smell a boy to eat”. Jack climbed down the beanstalk and then the golden eggs came out of the hen. Maddie H

The Sly Old Cat English Story

Once there was a young cat.  He was fast.  He was strong.  He always had enough to eat.  The cat was the best mouser around.  He could catch any mouse he saw.  All of the mice were very afraid of him.

Unfortunately for the cat, he grew old.  As he aged, he became slower and weaker.  He sometimes did not get enough to eat.  The mice would see him coming and run away and hide.  When he got older still, they did not even run away.  They just stood around and laughed at him.  They were no longer afraid.

One day, the cat decided to use his brain to catch his dinner.  The old cat lay down on his back and quit moving.  The mice came close by and laughed and laughed.  "The old cat is too tired to even try to catch us," they said.  The cat still did not move.

One of the younger mice ran up and touched the cat and ran quickly back

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to where he started.  The cat still did not move.  The mice came closer and closer.  "The Cat is dead," said one mouse.  One by one, the mice began to climb on the cat's body.  They ran from the front of it to the back.  Then they ran from the back to the front.  The mice laughed and laughed as they ran back and forth.

One of the mice ran up the cat's head.  "The cat is dead!  Let's dance on his head!"  Just then, the cat opened his eyes.  He grabbed the one mouse in his mouth.  He grabbed two others with his front paws.

The sly old cat ate well that night.  He also ate well many nights after that.  His dinner was more foolish mice who came to play when they thought the old cat was dead.

It sometimes is best just to let sleeping cats lie.

Adapted by Dr. Mike Lockett, The Normal Storyteller

Beauty and the Beast English Story

Once upon a time . . . as a merchant set off for market, he asked each of his three daughters what she would like as a present on his return. The first daughter wanted a brocade dress, the second a pearl necklace, but the third, whose name was Beauty, the youngest, prettiest and sweetest of them all, said to her father:

“All I’d like is a rose you’ve picked specially for me!”

When the merchant had finished his business, he set off for home. However, a sudden storm blew up, and his horse could hardly make headway in the howling gale. Cold and weary, the merchant had lost all hope of reaching an inn when he suddenly noticed a bright light shining in the middle of a wood. As he drew near, he saw that it was a castle, bathed in light.

“I hope I’ll find shelter there for the night,” he said to himself. When he reached the door, he saw it was open, but though he shouted, nobody came to greet him. Plucking up courage, he went inside, still calling out to attract attention. On a table in the main hall, a splendid dinner lay already served. The merchant lingered, still shouting for the owner of the castle. But no one came, and so the starving merchant sat down to a hearty meal.

Overcome by curiosity, he ventured upstairs, where the corridor led into magnificent rooms and halls. A fire crackled in the first room and a soft bed looked very inviting. It was now late, and the merchant could not resist. He lay down on the bed and fell fast asleep. When he woke next morning, an unknown hand had placed a mug of steaming coffee and some fruit by his bedside.

The merchant had breakfast and after tidying himself up, went downstairs to thank his generous host. But, as on the evening before, there was nobody in sight. Shaking his head in wonder at the strangeness of it all, he went towards the garden where he had left his horse, tethered to a tree. Suddenly, a large rose bush caught his eye.

Remembering his promise to Beauty, he bent down to pick a rose. lnstantly, out of the rose garden, sprang a horrible beast, wearing splendid clothes. Two bloodshot eyes, gleaming angrily, glared at him and a deep, terrifying voice growled: “Ungrateful man! I gave you shelter, you ate at my table and slept in my own bed, but now all the thanks I get is the theft of my favourite flowers! I shall put you to death for this slight!” Trembling with fear, the merchant fell on his knees before the Beast.

“Forgive me! Forgive me! Don’t kill me! I’ll do anything you say! The rose wasn’t for me, it was for my daughter Beauty. I promised to bring her back a rose from my journey!” The Beast dropped the paw it had clamped on the unhappy merchant.

“I shall spare your life, but on one condition, that you bring me your daughter!” The terror-stricken merchant, faced with certain death if he did not obey, promised that he would do so. When he reached home in tears, his three daughters ran to greet him. After he had told them of his dreadful adventure, Beauty put his mind at rest immediately.

“Dear father, I’d do anything for you! Don’t worry, you’ll be able to keep your promise and save your life! Take me to the castle. I’ll stay there in your place!” The merchant hugged his daughter.

“I never did doubt your love for me. For the moment I can only thank you for saving my life.” So Beauty was led to the castle. The Beast, however, had quite an unexpected greeting for the girl. Instead of menacing doom as it had done with her father, it was surprisingly pleasant.

In the beginning, Beauty was frightened of the Beast, and shuddered at the sight of it. Then she found that, in spite of the monster’s awful head, her horror of it was gradually fading as time went by. She had one of the finest rooms in the Castle, and sat for hours, embroidering in

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front of the fire. And the Beast would sit, for hours on end, only a short distance away, silently gazing at her. Then it started to say a few kind words, till in the end, Beauty was amazed to discover that she was actually enjoying its conversation. The days passed, and Beauty and the Beast became good friends. Then one day, the Beast asked the girl to be his wife.

Taken by surprise, Beauty did not know what to say. Marry such an ugly monster? She would rather die! But she did not want to hurt the feelings of one who, after all, had been kind to her. And she remembered too that she owed it her own life as well as her father’s.

“I really can’t say yes,” she began shakily. “I’d so much like to . . .” The Beast interrupted her with an abrupt gesture.

“I quite understand! And I’m not offended by your refusal!” Life went on as usual, and nothing further was said. One day, the Beast presented Beauty with a magnificent magic mirror. When Beauty peeped into it, she could see her family, far away.

“You won’t feel so lonely now,” were the words that accompanied the gift. Beauty stared for hours at her distant family. Then she began to feel worried. One day, the Beast found her weeping beside the magic mirror.

“What’s wrong?” he asked, kindly as always.

“My father is gravely ill and close to dying! Oh, how I wish I could see him again, before it’s too late!” But the Beast only shook its head.

“No! You will never leave this castle!” And off it stalked in a rage. However, a little later, it returned and spoke solemnly to the girl.

“If you swear that you will return here in seven days time, I’ll let you go and visit your father!” Beauty threw herself at the Beast’s feet in delight.

“I swear! I swear I will! How kind you are! You’ve made a loving daughter so happy!” In reality, the merchant had fallen ill from a broken heart at knowing his daughter was being kept prisoner. When he embraced her again, he was soon on the road to recovery. Beauty stayed beside him for hours on end, describing her life at the Castle, and explaining that the Beast was really good and kind. The days flashed past, and at last the merchant was able to leave his bed. He was completely well again. Beauty was happy at last. However, she had failed to notice that seven days had gone by.

Then one night she woke from a terrible nightmare. She had dreamt that the Beast was dying and calling for her, twisting in agony.

“Come back! Come back to me!” it was pleading. The solem promise she had made drove her to leave home immediately.

“Hurry! Hurry, good horse!” she said, whipping her steed onwards towards the castle, afraid that she might arrive too late. She rushed up the stairs, calling, but there was no reply. Her heart in her mouth, Beauty ran into the garden and there crouched the Beast, its eyes shut, as though dead. Beauty threw herself at it and hugged it tightly.

“Don’t die! Don’t die! I’ll marry you . . .” At these words, a miracle took place. The Beast’s ugly snout turned magically into the face of a handsome young man.

“How I’ve been longing for this moment!” he said. “I was suffering in silence, and couldn’t tell my frightful secret. An evil witch turned me into a monster and only the love of a maiden willing to accept me as I was, could transform me back into my real self. My dearest! I’ll be so happy if you’ll marry me . . .”

The wedding took place shortly after and, from that day on, the young Prince would have nothing but roses in his gardens. And that’s why, to this day, the castle is known as the Castle of the Rose.

Grimms Fairy Tales

The Squad Giraffe English Story

A very big place was reserved for giraffes in the zoo which was in Gülhane Park. There lived a mother and a father giraffe with their two children. They were walking with a swaying movement all day long and the visitors were watching them. The mother and the father giraffes had been living in that place for a very long time so that they got used to living there and they didn't complain about it, but their children were bored and they always asked their father: ' How long are we going to live here? When are you going to take us to the places that you have told us in the fairy tales?'.

One day one of his children asked him, 'Daddy, how did we come here? Who took us here?'.

Then the father giraffe decided to tell his children the story of their grandfather who lived very far away from there so that they could be able to understand how they ended up in that place.

And he started:

'All the giraffes are very tall and have long necks but your grandfather was very short when he was born. As the years passed away he become older but he could not get taller and as he got older the desire to be a star in a circus grew more and more in his heart. He did not want to live in that place, and being an ordinary giraffe was not proper for him. So he started to organize shows in the wood where he lived to achieve his goal. All the animals living in that wood were interested in his shows and watched his imitations of different animals happily.

One day hunters came to that wood. They were there to catch some animals and take them to a zoo. While they were watching around with their binoculars on a hill, they saw the squad giraffe making his show. When they saw his admirable acting and excellent show they thought that he was a marvellous juggler so they decided to catch him. After the show they started to follow him secretly. The squad giraffe was not surprised because he knew that to be successful there were some difficulties that he had to struggle with. He thought in details about what he should do to dispose of those hunters in and made a very brilliant plan.

He knew that if he did something without planning it he would have some difficulties and would be caught by the hunters easily. It was impossible to understand what the hunters' intention was and how they were planning to catch him.

The next day the hunters pinched him near a reed bed. While the hunters were moving ahead they were so happy because they were sure of catching him as there was nowhere for him to run away. When they found out that he disappeared, they could not believe their eyes. They realized that the footprints of the squad giraffe disappeared near the reed bed. In fact this was a part of the giraffe's plan. He escaped from there by getting on a trunk of a tree which he had hidden there

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the day before. The following day he could hear the hunters saying that if he was caught, he was going to be taken to a zoo. After hearing this conversation he became so happy that he appeared jigging up and down on his four feet. Then he howled like a wolf and roared like a lion. The hunters were shocked when they saw him doing such things and behaving like a fool. After that the squad giraffe started doing all the tricks that he knew one after another and finished his show. The hunters liked his show very much so that they applauded him.

When he was taken to the zoo, he started living here where we live now. But he continued making his shows in his new home. In the meantime my mother and he fell in love. After a time I was born. When I was a little giraffe I remember that a lot of people were coming here to see him and to watch his shows. He was making his shows all day long without getting tired. By the way an international circus used to come here on certain dates of each year. Once while the circus was being established here the owner of it started walking around the zoo. When he saw the crowd he what was happening there so he smuggled into the crowd. After watching the squad giraffe making his show he understood that he was very talented and could become a world-famous star so he gave him lots of money to transfer him to his circus. The squad giraffe put this opportunity into good use and after a few rehearsals he appeared on the stage. He was so successful that the number of people who came to the circus increased suddenly.

The circus used to stay for ten days wherever it was established and there used to be only one show during the day. After the small giraffe started working there this changed and four or five shows a day were being made and that year the circus stayed in the zoo for a month.

The next year when the circus came here my father visited us. He was here to see my mother and me and his friends. We were very happy.

We were together for about two hours. He told us that he had been to a lot of countries making shows and attracted attention of everybody. He wanted to become a star in a circus and he did his best for this and finally he achieved his goal. He was so happy. Did you understand how we came here to this place?'
'Yes, daddy we did. We got it very well', the children replied all together and they looked at each other smiling.

There is an undeniable truth that there is nothing which can not be done if you want to do it so much. Nothing or nobody can stop you. You might have some dreams of your own or you would like to be as successful as somebody you admire there is nothing to stop you so you should go for it. The little giraffes followed their grandfather's footsteps and became very successful circus stars. If you look at the sky very carefully at night you can see them blinking you.

The Selfish Giant English Story

Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden.
It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. “How happy we are here!” they cried to each other.One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to return to his own castle. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.
“What are you doing here?” he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran away.
“My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant; “any one can understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.”So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a notice-board.
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He was a very selfish Giant.
The poor children had now nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it. They used to wander round the high wall when their lessons were over, and talk about the beautiful garden inside. “How happy we were there,” they said to each other.
Then the Spring came, and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds. Only in the garden of the Selfish Giant it was still winter. The birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children, and the trees forgot to blossom. Once a beautiful flower put its head out from the grass, but when it saw the notice-board it was so sorry for the children that it slipped back into the ground again, and went off to sleep.
“I cannot understand why the Spring is so late in coming,” said the Selfish Giant, as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden; “I hope there will be a change in the weather.”
But the Spring never came, nor the Summer. The Autumn gave golden fruit to every garden, but to the Giant’s garden she gave none. “He is too selfish,” she said. So it was always Winter there, and the North Wind, and the Hail, and the Frost, and the Snow danced about through the trees.One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music. It sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the King’s musicians passing

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by. It was really only a little linnet singing outside his window, but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world. Then the Hail stopped dancing over his head, and the North Wind ceased roaring, and a delicious perfume came to him through the open casement. “I believe the Spring has come at last,” said the Giant; and he jumped out of bed and looked out.
What did he see?
He saw a most wonderful sight. Through a little hole in the wall the children had crept in, and they were sitting in the branches of the trees. In every tree that he could see there was a little child. And the trees were so glad to have the children back again that they had covered themselves with blossoms, and were waving their arms gently above the children’s heads. The birds were flying about and twittering with delight, and the flowers were looking up through the green grass and laughing.It was a lovely scene, only in one corner it was still winter. It was the farthest corner of the garden, and in it was standing a little boy. He was so small that he could not reach up to the branches of the tree, and he was wandering all round it, crying bitterly. The poor tree was still quite covered with frost and snow, and the North Wind was blowing and roaring above it. “Climb up! little boy,” said the Tree, and it bent its branches down as low as it could; but the boy was too tiny.

And the Giant’s heart melted as he looked out. “How selfish I have been!” he said; “now I know why the Spring would not come here. I will put that poor little boy on the top of the tree, and then I will knock down the wall, and my garden shall be the children’s playground for ever and ever.” He was really very sorry for what he had done.
So he crept downstairs and opened the front door quite softly, and went out into the garden. But when the children saw him they were so frightened that they all ran away, and the garden became winter again. Only the little boy did not run, for his eyes were so full of tears that he did not see the Giant coming. And the Giant stole up behind him and took him gently in his hand, and put him up into the tree. And the tree broke at once into blossom, and the birds came and sang on it, and the little boy stretched out his two arms and flung them round the Giant’s neck, and kissed him.And the other children, when they saw that the Giant was not wicked any longer, came running back, and with them came the Spring. “It is your garden now, little children,” said the Giant, and he took a great axe and knocked down the wall. And when the people were going to market at twelve o’clock they found the Giant playing with the children in the most beautiful garden they had ever seen.

The End

2 Aesop Fables English Story

The Lion, the Wolf and the Fox Story

A Lion, growing old, lay sick in his cave. All the beasts came to visit their king, except the Fox. The Wolf therefore, thinking that he had a capital opportunity, accused the Fox to the Lion of not paying any respect to him who had the rule over them all and of not coming to visit him. At that very moment the Fox came in and heard these last words of the Wolf. The Lion roaring out in a rage against him, the Fox sought an opportunity to defend himself and said,
“And who of all those who have come to you have benefited you so much as I, who have traveled from place to place in every direction, and have sought and learnt from the physicians the means of healing you?’ The Lion commanded him immediately to tell him the cure, when he replied,

“You must flay

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a wolf alive and wrap his skin yet warm around you.” The Wolf was at once taken and flayed; whereon the Fox, turning to him, said with a smile,

“You should have moved your master not to ill, but to good, will.”

The Crab and the Fox Story
A CRAB, forsaking the seashore, chose a neighboring green meadow as its feeding ground. A Fox came across him, and being very hungry ate him up. Just as he was on the point of being eaten, the Crab said, “I well deserve my fate, for what business had I on the land, when by my nature and habits I am only adapted for the sea?’

Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.

The Tongue Cut Sparrow English Story

In a little house in a little old village in Japan lived a little old man and his little old wife. One morning when the old woman slid open the screens which form the sides of the Japanese houses, she saw on the doorstep a poor little sparrow. She took him up gently and fed him.

Then she held him in the bright morning sunshine until the cold dew was dried from his wings.

Afterward, she let him go, so that he might fly home to his nest, but he stayed with her to thank her with his songs. Each morning, when the pink on the mountaintops told that the sun was near, the sparrow perched on the roof of the house and sang out his joy.

The old man and woman thanked the sparrow for this, for they liked to be up early and at work. But near them lived a cross old woman who did not like to be awakened so early. At last she became so angry that she caught the sparrow and cut his tongue. Then the poor little sparrow flew away to his home. But he never could sing again. When the kind woman knew what had happened to her pet she was very sad. She said to her husband, “Let us go and find our poor little sparrow.” So they started together, and asked of each bird by the wayside: “Do you know where the tongue-cut sparrow lives? Do you know where the tongue-cut sparrow went?” In this way the followed until they came to a bridge. They did not know which way to turn, and at first could see no one to ask. At last they saw a bat, hanging head downward, taking his daytime nap. “O friend Bat, do you know where the tongue-cut sparrow went?” “Yes. Over the bridge and up the mountain,” said the bat. Then he blinked his sleepy eyes and was fast asleep again. masalsitesi.com They went over the bridge and up the mountain, but again they found two roads and did not know which one to take.

A little field mouse peeped through the leaves and grass, so they asked him, “Do you know where the tongue-cut sparrow went?” “Yes. Down the mountain and through the woods,” said the field mouse. Down the mountain and through the woods they went, and at last came to the home of their little friend. When he saw them coming, the poor little sparrow was very happy indeed. He and his wife and children all came and bowed their heads down to the ground to show their respect.

Then the sparrow rose and led the old man and the old woman into the house while his wife and children hastened to bring them boiled rice, fish, and cress. After they had feasted, the sparrow wished to please them still more, so he danced for them what is called the “sparrow dance.” When the sun began

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to sink, the old man and woman started home. The sparrow brought out two baskets. “I would like to give you one of these,” he said. “Which will you take?” One basket was large and looked very full, while the other one seemed very small and light. The old people thought they would not take the large basket, for that might have all the sparrow’s treasure in it, so they said, “The journey home is long, so please let us take the smaller one.” They took it and walked home over the mountain and across the bridge, happy and contented. When they reached their own home, they decided to open the basket to see what the sparrow had given them.

Within the basket they found many rolls of silk and piles of gold, enough to make them rich, so they were more grateful than ever to the sparrow. The cross old woman who had cut the sparrow’s tongue was spying through the screen when they opened their basket. She saw the rolls of silk and piles of gold, and planned how she might get some for herself. The next morning she went to the kind woman and said, “I am so sorry that I cut the tongue of your sparrow. Please tell me the way to his home so that I may go to him and tell him I am sorry.” The kind woman told her the way and she set out. She went across the bridge, over the mountains, and through the woods. At last she came to the home of the little sparrow. He was not so glad to see this old woman, yet he was very kind to her and did everything to make her feel very welcome. They made a feast for her, and when she started home the sparrow brought out two baskets as before. Of course the cross old woman chose the large basket, for she thought that would have even more wealth than the other one. The basket was very heavy and caught on the trees as she was going through the wood.

She could hardly pull it up the mountain with her, and she was all out of breath when she reached the top. She did not get to the bridge until it was dark. They she was so afraid of dropping the basket into the river that she scarcely dared to step. When at last she reached home she was tired out, but she pulled the screens tightly closed so that no one could look in, and opened her treasure. Treasure indeed! A whole swarm of horrible creatures burst from the basket the moment she opened it. They stung her and bit her, they pushed her and pulled her, and scratched her. At last she crawled to the edge of the room and slid aside the screen to get away from the pests. The moment the door was opened they swooped down upon her, picked her up, and flew away with her. Since then nothing has been heard of the old woman.

The Happy Family English Story

Really, the largest green leaf in this country is a dockleaf; if one holds it before one, it is like a whole apron, and if one holds it over one’s head in rainy weather, it is almost as good as an umbrella, for it is so immensely large. The burdock never grows alone, but where there grows one there always grow several: it is a great delight, and all this delightfulness is snails’ food. The great white snails which persons of quality in former times made fricassees of, ate, and said, “Hem, hem! how delicious!” for they thought it tasted so delicate–lived on dockleaves, and therefore burdock seeds were sown.

Now, there was an old manor-house, where they no longer ate snails, they were quite extinct; but the burdocks were not extinct, they grew and grew all over the walks and all the beds; they could not get the mastery over them–it was a whole forest of burdocks. Here and there stood an apple and a plum-tree, or else one never would have thought that it was a garden; all was burdocks, and there lived the two last

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venerable old snails.

They themselves knew not how old they were, but they could remember very well that there had been many more; that they were of a family from foreign lands, and that for them and theirs the whole forest was planted. They had never been outside it, but they knew that there was still something more in the world, which was called the manor-house, and that there they were boiled, and then they became black, and were then placed on a silver dish; but what happened further they knew not; or, in fact, what it was to be boiled, and to lie on a silver dish, they could not possibly imagine; but it was said to be delightful, and particularly genteel. Neither the chafers, the toads, nor the earth-worms, whom they asked about it could give them any information–none of them had been boiled or laid on a silver dish.

The old white snails were the first persons of distinction in the world, that they knew; the forest was planted for their sake, and the manor-house was there that they might be boiled and laid on a silver dish.

Swallow And Sparrow English Story

Swallow and sparrow became close friends. They started walking around in together. Other swallows said nothing at the beginning about this circumstance. However, the things changed when the swallow started bringing the sparrow to its nest. Nest of the swallow was under the eaves of an empty wooden house and there were many nests of swallow next to it. Going there from and thereto made swallows disturbed.

Swallows held a meeting and they appointed a spokesman. This spokesman told about this circumstance with it in a suitable time and said it not to bring this sparrow to its nest.

Although the swallow showed some obstinacy, it finally was obliged to obey by this requirement. One night the sparrow suddenly wakened while it was sleeping. Tree on which it built up its nest among its branches was swinging. It flied away and had a look-see round the environment. Thereupon, it recognised that it was an earthquake.

Its close friend, the swallow, came to its mind. It arrived at its nest and it weakened its close friend. It said the swallow to weaken other swallows and the wooden house may be fallen onto the ground. The swallow fulfilled what it said. Once the last swallow flied away there, the wooden house was fallen onto the ground. Later, swallows set up new nests under eaves of another house and they did make no rejection for the sparrow to go from and to the nest of the swallow for the reason that they were owed their life to it.

The Squad Giraffe English Story

A very big place was reserved for giraffes in the zoo which was in Gülhane Park. There lived a mother and a father giraffe with their two children. They were walking with a swaying movement all day long and the visitors were watching them. The mother and the father giraffes had been living in that place for a very long time so that they got used to living there and they didn't complain about it, but their children were bored and they always asked their father: ' How long are we going to live here? When are you going to take us to the places that you have told us in the fairy tales?'.

One day one of his children asked him, 'Daddy, how did we come here? Who took us here?'.

Then the father giraffe decided to tell his children the story of their grandfather who lived very far away from there so that they could be able to understand how they ended up in that place.

And he started:

'All the giraffes are very tall and have long necks but your grandfather was very short when he was born. As the years passed away he become older but he could not get taller and as he got older the desire to be a star in a circus grew more and more in his heart. He did not want to live in that place, and being an ordinary giraffe was not proper for him. So he started to organize shows in the wood where he lived to achieve his goal. All the animals living in that wood were interested in his shows and watched his imitations of different animals happily.

One day hunters came to that wood. They were there to catch some animals and take them to a zoo. While they were watching around with their binoculars on a hill, they saw the squad giraffe making his show. When they saw his admirable acting and excellent show they thought that he was a marvellous juggler so they decided to catch him. After the show they started to follow him secretly. The squad giraffe was not surprised because he knew that to be successful there were some difficulties that he had to struggle with. He thought in details about what he should do to dispose of those hunters in and made a very brilliant plan.

He knew that if he did something without planning it he would have some difficulties and would be caught by the hunters easily. It was impossible to understand what the hunters' intention was and how they were planning to catch him.

The next day the hunters pinched him near a reed bed. While the hunters were moving ahead they were so happy because they were sure of catching him as there was nowhere for him to run away. When they found out that he disappeared, they could not believe their eyes. They realized that the footprints of the squad giraffe disappeared near the reed bed. In fact this was a part of the giraffe's plan. He escaped from there by getting on a trunk of a tree which he had hidden there

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the day before. The following day he could hear the hunters saying that if he was caught, he was going to be taken to a zoo. After hearing this conversation he became so happy that he appeared jigging up and down on his four feet. Then he howled like a wolf and roared like a lion. The hunters were shocked when they saw him doing such things and behaving like a fool. After that the squad giraffe started doing all the tricks that he knew one after another and finished his show. The hunters liked his show very much so that they applauded him.

When he was taken to the zoo, he started living here where we live now. But he continued making his shows in his new home. In the meantime my mother and he fell in love. After a time I was born. When I was a little giraffe I remember that a lot of people were coming here to see him and to watch his shows. He was making his shows all day long without getting tired. By the way an international circus used to come here on certain dates of each year. Once while the circus was being established here the owner of it started walking around the zoo. When he saw the crowd he what was happening there so he smuggled into the crowd. After watching the squad giraffe making his show he understood that he was very talented and could become a world-famous star so he gave him lots of money to transfer him to his circus. The squad giraffe put this opportunity into good use and after a few rehearsals he appeared on the stage. He was so successful that the number of people who came to the circus increased suddenly.

The circus used to stay for ten days wherever it was established and there used to be only one show during the day. After the small giraffe started working there this changed and four or five shows a day were being made and that year the circus stayed in the zoo for a month.

The next year when the circus came here my father visited us. He was here to see my mother and me and his friends. We were very happy.

We were together for about two hours. He told us that he had been to a lot of countries making shows and attracted attention of everybody. He wanted to become a star in a circus and he did his best for this and finally he achieved his goal. He was so happy. Did you understand how we came here to this place?'
'Yes, daddy we did. We got it very well', the children replied all together and they looked at each other smiling.

There is an undeniable truth that there is nothing which can not be done if you want to do it so much. Nothing or nobody can stop you. You might have some dreams of your own or you would like to be as successful as somebody you admire there is nothing to stop you so you should go for it. The little giraffes followed their grandfather's footsteps and became very successful circus stars. If you look at the sky very carefully at night you can see them blinking you.

The Wind and The Sun English Story

Once the Wind and the Sun came to have a quarrel. Either of them claimed to be a stronger. At last they agreed to have a trial of strength.

 "Here comes a traveller. Let us see who can strip him of his clock," said the Sun.

The Wind agreed and chose to have the first turn. He blew in the hardest possible way. As a result , the traveller wrapped his cloak even more tightly around him.

Then it was the turn of the Sun. At first he shone very gently. So, the traveller loosened his cloak from his neck.The sun went on shining brighter and brighter. The traveller felt hot. Before long he took off his cloak and put it in his bag. The Wind had to accept his defeat.

MORAL : Fury or force cuts no ice where gentleness does the job.

Aladdin And The Magic Lamp English Story

Long time ago in China, there lived a poor boy, whose name was Aladdin. Aladdin lived with his mother. One day a rich and distinguished looking man came to their house and said to Aladdin's mother, "I am a merchant from Arabia and want your son to come with me. I will reward him handsomely." Aladdin's mother instantly agreed. Little did she know that the man pretending to be a rich merchant was in reality a magician.

 Next day, Aladdin having packed his belongings left with the 'merchant'. After many hours of traveling the 'merchant' stopped. Aladdin too stopped, surprised that they should stop in such a desolate spot. He looked around; there was nothing in sight for miles.

 The 'merchant' pulled out some colored powder from his pocket and threw in the ground. The next instant the whole place was filled with smoke. As the smoke cleared, Aladdin saw a huge opening in the ground; it was a cave. The 'merchant' turned to Aladdin and said, "I want you to go inside this cave; there will be more gold than you have ever seen; take as much as you want. You will also see an old lamp; please bring that back to me. Here, take this ring; it will help you." Aladdin was very suspicious but the decided to do as was told.

 He lowered himself into the cave, thinking all the while that it would be difficult to climb out without help. Aladdin entered the cave and just like the 'merchant' had said saw gold, jewelry, diamonds and other valuables. He filled his pockets. When this was done, he looked for the lamp; it was lying in the corner, full of dust and dirty. He picked it up and ran to the cave's opening and shouted to the 'merchant', "I have your lamp. Can you please pull me out?" "Give me the lamp," said the 'merchant'. Aladdin was not sure that he would be pulled out if he gave back the lamp; so he said, "First, please pull me out."

This angered the 'merchant'. With a loud cry, he pulled out the same colorful powder and threw it on the cave opening, sealing it with a huge boulder. Aladdin was depressed. He thought, "That was no rich merchant; he was surely a magician. I wonder why this lamp was so important to him." As he was thinking he rubbed the lamp.

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All of sudden a strange mist filled the room and from the mist emerged a stranger looking man. He said, "My master, I am the genie of the lamp, you have rescued me; what would your wish be?" Aladdin was scared but he said in quivering voice, "Ta.. Take me back home."

 And the next moment Aladdin was home hugging his mother. He told her of the magician and the lamp. Aladdin again summoned the genie. This time when the genie appeared he was not scared. He said, "Genie, I want a palace, not an old hut." Again to Aladdin and his mother's amazement in front of them was a magnificent palace.

 Time passed. Aladdin married the Sultan's daughter and was very happy. It so happened that the evil magician got to know of Aladdin's good fortune. He came by Aladdin's palace pretending to exchange old lamps for new. The princes, Aladdin's wife, not knowing the value of the lamp to Aladdin called out to the magician to wait.

 As soon as the magician saw the lamp he grabbed it from the princess' hand and rubbed it. The genie appeared, "you are my master and your wish is my command," he said to the magician. "Take Aladdin's palace to the great desert faraway from here," ordered the magician.

 When Aladdin came home, there was no palace and no princess. He guessed it must be the evil magician who had come to take revenge on him. All was not lost, Aladdin had a ring that the magician had given to him. Aladdin pulled out that ring, rubbed it. Another genie appeared. Aladdin said, "Take me to my princess."
 Soon, Aladdin was in Arabia with his princess. He found his lamp lying on a table next to the magician. Before the magician could react, Aladdin jumped for the lamp and got hold of it. As soon as he had the lamp, Aladdin rubbed it.

 The genie appeared again and said, "My master, Aladdin, it is indeed good to serve you again. What is it that you wish?" "I want you to send this magician to another world so that he never harms anybody," said Aladdin. Aladdin's wish was carried out; the evil magician disappeared forever.

 The genie carried Aladdin, the princes and the palace back to China. He stayed with Aladdin for the rest of his life.

The Ugly Duckling English Story

That summer the country was particularly beautiful, and it was glorious to be out in the green fields and meadows. It was so amusing to see the white stork parading around on his long red legs and to hear him talking Egyptian, a language he had learned from his mother.

In the midst of the sunny meadow stood an old farmhouse. It was surrounded by a deep canal, and from the walls down to the water grew burdock shrubs so tall that children could stand under them. It was so nice and shady there that a mother duck decided it would be a good place to sit on her nest and hatch out her young ones.

At last one of the eggs cracked open, and then another and another until eight new little yellow ducklings poked out their heads and cried “Peep! Peep!”

“How big the world is!” exclaimed the ducklings. They were glad to be out of those tight little eggs, and their mother was glad to let them look around at the leaves, for she knew how good for the eyes the color green is.

“But this isn’t the whole world by any means,” she told the ducklings. “There is much more of it. It extends far beyond the other side of the garden. Maybe we can all go there sometime. Let me see now; are we all here?”

She looked around and saw that one of her eggs, the largest, had not yet hatched. “Oh, dear,” she said to herself, “I am so tired of sitting on eggs! I wonder how much longer this is going to last.”

But she sat down on the nest again and waited some more.

At last the big egg cracked and broke open. Out came two big feet and a head. But it wasn’t a soft little downy yellow head like the other ducklings. This one was big and white, with a long scrawny neck and a fuzzy body.

“My, my!” exclaimed the mother duck when she saw him. “He certainly doesn’t look like any of my other children. I wonder how he got to be so funny-looking?”

“He’s ugly!” quacked the other ducklings. “He doesn’t look a bit like us. We don’t want to play with him.” And they waddled down to the pond with their mother behind them. She shoved them in and jumped in after them. The all swam beautifully.

“I’ll bet that big ugly white brother of ours can’t swim!” exclaimed one of the little yellow ducklings.

But the ugly duckling had followed them down to the pond and , seeing them all swimming, he jumped in and swam too, at least as well as any of them.

“On my word!” exclaimed the mother duck. “He certainly can swim, big and ugly as he is! He must be my own child, and, after all, he’s not so very ugly if you look at him right.”

The next day the mother duck decided to let her ducklings see something of the world. “Come along,” she said, “and I’ll introduce you to the animals in the poultry yard across the meadow. Stay close to me now, all of you, so you won’t get stepped on. And look out for the cat.”

When they got to the poultry yard, a terrible fight was going on. “Dear, dear!” said the mother duck. “People are always fighting!”

But she gave her ducklings their first lesson in good manners too. “You see that big haughty-looking duck with the red ribbon around her leg?” she said. “That means she is a very important person – a Spanish grandee, in fact. Now, I want you all to curtsy to her politely.”

They did it, nicely too, but the Spanish grandee took one look at the poor ugly duckling and bit him in the neck.

“You leave him alone!” commanded his mother. “He may not be as pretty as some, but he has a sweet disposition, and he is the best swimmer of the lot. Besides, he’ll look better when he grows up. He won’t seem so big and awkward then.”

But all the creatures in the yard made fun of the ugly duckling just the same. The ducks pushed him and the chickens teased him and the turkeys bit him. Even the girl who fed the poultry kicked him. And his very own brothers and sisters were so mean to him that he felt just terrible.

One day, when he couldn’t stand it any longer, her decided to fly away. He flew over the barnyard fence and on and on, weary and unhappy, until he came to the marsh where the wild ducks lived.

When they saw the poor duckling, they said, “My, how ugly you are! But we don’t really mind as long as you don’t marry any of us. You can stay here if you want to.”

The poor duckling was very grateful and lay down to get some much-needed rest. But at that very moment two shots rang out, and two wild geese fell down dead in the marsh. A hunter had shot them, and the ugly duckling was frightened almost to death. He bent down and put his head under his wing until the gunshots stopped. When they did, it began to rain, and soon it was pouring. But the duckling didn’t care. He had to get away. So he half run and half flew over many fields and meadows, though he was drenched by the storm.

At last he came to a miserable little shack that seemed to remain

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standing only because it didn’t know which way to tumble down.

The door hung open crookedly, and the duckling slipped in out of the rain.

Inside he found a woman with a pet cat named Sonnie and a pet hen who, because of her little legs, was called Chickabiddy-Shortshanks. The ugly duckling fell asleep at once and no one noticed him. But in the morning the cat purred and the hen clucked and the woman said “what’s the matter?” Her eyesight wasn’t very good and she thought, “Maybe this is a rare prize duck who will lay eggs for me.”

“Can you lay eggs?” the hen asked. “No,” replied the duckling. “Can you purr and arch your back?” asked the cat.

“No.”

“Then what can you do?” they wanted to know.

“I can swim,” exclaimed the ugly duckling. “It’s delightful to dive into the water and feel it all around you.”

“You must be crazy,” said the cat and the hen. And the duckling went. He swam and dived and ran and flew but everyone gave him the cold shoulder because he was so ugly.

At last summer was over and autumn came with leaves turning brown and whirling in the chilly wind. The duckling was miserable indeed all alone in the cold cruel world.

But one evening, just as the sun was setting, he saw coming out of the bushes a flock of handsome white swans with long graceful necks. They spread their wings and, with a strange cry, rose higher and higher as they flew to warmer regions.

The ugly duckling thought he had never seen such beautiful creatures before. How he admired them! He would have been happy indeed if they had so much as noticed him.

But they did not. They flew south, not even seeing the ugly duckling in the freezing lake. And soon it was winter and the lake froze over holding the duckling fast. What a terrible night that was for the poor creature! He almost froze to death. masalsitesi.com

But early the next morning a farmer passing by broke the ice, lifted the duckling out, and took him home.

The duckling soon came to himself again as the farmers children played with him. But he was so frightened at these strange surroundings that he fluttered into the milk-pan, spilling milk all over the place. The farmer’s wife was annoyed by this and the duckling, frightened out of it’s wits, flew first into the butter tub and then into the flour- barrel. What a sight he was! The woman struck out at him with the fire-tongs while the children laughed and screamed and tumbled all over each other trying to catch him.

Luckily for him the door was open and he was able to slip out. He lay behind a bush in the snow and stayed there until the winter was over. But at last it grew warm and sunny. Birds sang and buds swelled. It was spring!

All at once the duckling found he could flap his wings, and one day he found himself in a beautiful garden where sweet-scented blossoming trees bent down to the water Suddenly three glorious white swans appeared ruffling their feathers as they swam lightly across the water. The ugly duckling dazing at the beautiful birds, thought to himself, “If I dare go near them, they will kill me because I am so ugly. But I don’t care. Better to be killed by these beautiful creatures than to be bitten by ducks and hens, or kicked by the poultry-girl, or starve in the winter.”

So he dived into the water and swam out to the swans. “Kill me!” cried the poor creature, bending his head down to the water.

But what was this he saw reflected in the clear water? It was his own image! For the first time he saw himself as he really was. And, to his utter amazement, he saw that he was not an ugly duckling- or a duckling at all-but a swan-a beautiful white swan!

You see, a bird who comes a swan’s egg is a swan even if the egg happens to be hatched by a duck, and ducks think that no one is pretty except a duck. They think anyone who doesn’t look like a duck is ugly, even the most beautiful swan.

But now the “ugly duckling” knew why he had felt so much love for the beautiful swans, and he knew he was as beautiful himself as they were.

The swans recognized him too, as one of them, and they swam around him stroking him with their beaks.

By and by some children came down to the lake to throw breadcrumbs to the swans. “Look!” cried the youngest. “There’s a beautiful new white swan!” And the other children shouted happily, “Yes, he is the most beautiful one of all!”

Of course the swan who had been considered an ugly duckling was very happy. But he never became vain or conceited. He always remembered how it felt to be despised and teased, and he was very sorry for all the creatures who are so treated merely because they are different from the people around them.

But now that he was appreciated at last, he rustled his wings, lifted his slender neck, and sighed happily, “To think that this joy should come to one who has always been considered an ugly duckling! It’s almost too good to be true.”

Kel Hasan ile İhtiyar Nine Okuma Masalı

Bir varmış,  bir yokmuş.  Evvel  zaman  içinde  kalbur  saman  içinde.  Develer tellal iken pireler berber iken, ben anamın beşiğini tıngır mıngır sallar iken, çok uzaklarda bir köyde yaşayan bir ağa ile onun da yardımcısı bir Kel Hasan varmış.
 

Ağa  bir  gün  Kel  Hasan’ı  yanına  çağırarak,  ona  "Git  bana  büyücü  ihtiyar ninenin altın kaşıklarını getir." demiş. Kel Hasan da "Ağam ben onun yanına nasıl giderim.  Gidersem nine beni keser yer" demiş.  Demiş,  ama, bunları dinleyen ağa, eğer gitmesen seni ben öldürürüm deyince, çaresiz kalan Kel Hasan gidip ninenin kapısını çalmış. Kapıyı açan ihtiyar nine, Hasan'ı görünce çok sevinmiş ve onu içeri alıp, "Hoşgeldin Kel Hasan, iyi ki geldin, benim de böylece akşam yemeğim çıktı" demiş. Bunun üzerine Kel Hasan da ona "Nine ben çok zayıfım, yesen de karnını doyurmam. Sen bana önce yağlı bir göme yap da yiyip şişmanlayayım. Beni ondan sonra yersin" demiş. Buna aklı yatan nine kalkıp göme yapmaya gidince, Kel Hasan da ortadaki bütün kabı-kacağı saklayıp, görünürde yalnızca bir kalbur bırakmış. Biraz sonra ninenin getirdiği gömeyi yemiş ve çok susadığını söyleyerek, biraz su istemiş. Evde hiç su olmadığını gören nine, ortada duran kalburu alarak, çeşmeye su getirmeye gitmiş.   Saatlerce  uğraştığı   halde  kalburu  dolduramamış.   Bu  sırada  Hasan  da kaşıkları  alıp  kaçmış.  Eve  gelip  de altın  kaşıklarını  ve  Hasan'ı  bulamayan  nine kendi kendine dövünüp, "Vah altın kaşıklarım, vah Kel Hasan" demiş.

Öte  yandan  kaşıkları  alıp ağaya götüren  Hasan,  tam rahat bir nefes  alacağı sırada, bu sefer de ağa ondan, ihtiyar ninenin kızlarından Kutiye’yi kendisine getirmesini istemiş. Bunu duyan Hasan çok telaşa kapılıp "Aman ağam etme eyleme, zaten kaşıklarını çaldım diye ihtiyar nine bana çok kızmıştır, şimdi beni görürse bu defa mutlaka yer gidemem" demiş ama ağa, "Eğer gitmezsen seni hemen öldürürüm" deyince, gitmek zorunda kalmış.  Vardığında hava karanlıkmış.  Kapıyı çalınca yine nine açmış ve "Yatarken ben bunu yerim" diye düşünerek, hiçbir şey söylemeden Hasan'ı içeri almış. Nine kızları Kutiye ile Sutiye'nin yataklarını yan yana, Hasan'ın yatağını ise biraz daha uzağa serip, bıçağını bilemeye gitmiş. Ninenin gittiğini gören Hasan

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 hemen  kalkıp,  Sutiye'yi  kendi  yatağına  yatırmış,  kendisi  de  onun  yerine yatmış.  Biraz sonra dönen nine, Hasan sandığı kendi kızını kesip,  sonra da gidip yatmış. Sabah olunca da kızlarına seslenerek, "Ben tarlaya gidiyorum, siz öğleye Hasan'ı  pişirerek  bana  getirin,"  demiş.  Nine  gittikten  sonra  Kel  Hasan,  hemen Kutiye'yi alıp ağaya götürmüş.

Öğleye doğru gelen giden olmadığını, evin bacasından da duman çıkmadığını gören nine, merak edip eve gelmiş. Kel Hasan'la Kutiye'nin kaçtıklarını, diğer kızı Sutiye’nin  de ölü olarak orada yattığını görünce kendi kendine dövünerek,  "Vah altın kaşıklarım,  vah Kel Hasan, vah Kutiye'm, vah Sutiye'm" demiş.  Öte yandan ağa, bu sefer de Kel Hasan'dan, ihtiyar ninenin kendisini getirmesini istemiş. Hasan "Ağam onu ne yapacaksın,  zaten elindekilerin  hepsini aldık, getirirsem  başımıza bela olur." demiş, ama ağaya söz dinletememiş. Bunun üzerine Hasan, ağadan her tarafı  zilli bir elbiseyle  bir sandık  istemiş  ve bunları  alarak  ninenin  evine  gelip damına  çıkmış.  Bacadan  aşağı  seslenerek,  "Ben  azrailim  canını  almaya  geldim, haydi çabuk şu sandığa gir" demiş. Bunu duyan nine de "Ey Azrail, Kel Hasan'ı öldürmeden  benim  canımı  alma"  diye  seslenmiş. Hasan  hemen  girmesini söyleyince de çaresiz kalıp sandığa girmiş.  Hasan da sandığın ağzını kilitleyerek, onu alıp ağaya götürmüş.  Ağa sandığı alıp nineyi çıkarmak  isteyince  de "Aman ağam, sen bunu çıkarırsan bütün konak halkını öldürür, sakın çıkarma" demiş, ama, ağa onu dinlememiş.  Hasan da "Öyleyse bana yedi demir kapılı bir oda yaptır da öyle bırak" demiş, ve hemen girip, bu yedi demir kapılı odaya saklanmış.

Ağa  nineyi  sandıktan  çıkarınca,  nine  başta  ağa  olmak  üzere  bütün  konak halkını öldürmüş ve gelip yedi demir kapılı odaya dayanarak, sırasıyla bütün kapıları kırmış. Yedinci kapıyı da kırıp içeri girdiğinde, kapının arkasında duran Hasan, kılıcıyla vurup onu öldürmüş. Nine ona seslenerek, "Bir kere daha vur" demiş, ama, Hasan "İkinci defa vurursam dirilirsin" diyerek ona bir daha vurmamış.

Bundan sonra Kutiye'yle evlenen Kel Hasan, yaşamını mutluluk içinde sürdürmüş..

Nar Tanesi (Düzme Keloğlan) Masalı

Vaktiyle büyük bir padişah vardı. Bunun Gülsün Sultan adlı bir kızı vardı. Bu kızı başka bir padişahın oğluna istediler. Babası kızını verdi. Şehzade memleketine  götürmek  için,  Gülsün  Sultan’ı  altun  arabasına bindirerek alayla yola çıkardı. Bir gün yolda giderken şehzade yerde bir nar tanesi gördü. Derhal,  atından  aşağıya  inerek  nar tanesini  yerden  aldı,  ağzına attı.  Gülsün Sultan, şehzadenin bu hareketini dikkatle seyretmişti. Yerden bir nar tanesini alıp da ağzına atan bir insanın – bir şehzade olsa bile - kibar  ve nazik bir adam olamayacağına hükmetti. Kendisinin böyle kaba ruhlu bir gençle beraber yaşayamayacağını anladı. Heman arabacısına, arabayı geri çevirmesini emretti. Yaverleri vasıtasıyla da, kendine ait bütün arabaları geri çevirtti.

Şehzade, yalnız kendi adamlarıyla elleri bomboş olarak memleketine döndü; fakat, uğradığı bu hakaret ona çok acı geldi. Bundan başka, gerçekten gönül verdiği güzel nişanlısından mahrum olmakta, kalbini ateşli bir testere gibi kemiriyordu. Şehzade, hem kendisine hakaret eden o mamur sultandan öç almak ihtirasıyla, hem de gönlünü beraber alıp götüren o güzel vücuda kavuşmak iştiyakiyle yanıp tutuşuyordu.  Nihayet günlerden bir gün, şehzade  kararını verdi. Masallarda olduğu gibi, başına bir işkembe geçirerek, kendisini bir Keloğlan kılığına soktu. Bu şekilde, sevgilisinin memleketine gitti.

Şehzade, Gülsün Sultan’ın, öteden beri eli yordamlı bir bahçıvan aramakta olduğunu  biliyordu.  Keloğlan  kılığında  olarak  saraya  gitti.  Kapıcıbaşıyla bahçıvanlıkta çok hünerli olduğunu, sarayda bir bahçıvana ihtiyaç varsa, kendisinin bu işi pek a’la yapabileceğini haber verdi. Sarayın kapıcıbaşısı, Gülsün Sultan tarafından iyi bir bahçıvan aramaya memur edilmişti. Derhal, Keloğlan’ı Gülsün Sultan’ın huzuruna götürdü. Gülsün Sultan, güllerin her rengini, her çeşidini severdi. Keloğlan’a, “Gül yetiştirmesini  bilir misin?” diye sordu. Keloğlan, “Bilmeseydim, hiç böyle bir sarayın bahçıvanlığını isteyebilir miydim?” dedi. 

Ertesi sabah, Gülsün Sultan uykudan uyanıp da bahçenin baştan başa pembe güllerle bezendiğini gördü; bir gün evvel, kızıl topraktan başka bir şey görülmeyen saray bahçesi, bu sabah cennetin gül tarlalarına benziyordu. Bir gecede, böyle bir gül tarlasını vücuda getirmek nasıl mümkün olurdu? Gülsün Sultan, büyük bir meraka düştü. Hemen maşlahını omzuna atarak bahçeye indi. Bahçenin uzak bir köşesinden çok   hüzünlü   bir   şarkı   sesi   geliyordu. Oraya  yaklaşınca, Keloğlan’ın kendi kulübesinde türkü söylemekte olduğunu gördü:

Aç, gülüm aç desem güller açıyor;
Saç gülüm saç desem renkler saçıyor; Lakin değil hiçbirisi gözümde;
Çünkü benim yârim benden kaçıyor.

Gülsün Sultan –Keloğlan senin sevdiğin çok zalim bir kız olmalı! Bir nefesiyle dünyayı gülistana çeviren senin gibi bir sihirbaza nasıl oluyor da gönül vermiyor?
Keloğlan – Ah, sultanım, Allah sizi bir şefkat meleği diye yaratmış... Siz benim için Allah’a yalvarıveriniz; mutlaka o da gönlünü verir.

Gülsün Sultan, ellerini göğe kaldırarak, Keloğlan için dua etti. Duadan sonra Keloğlan’ı daha sevimli, daha nazik görmeye başladı. 

İkinci sabah, Gülsün Sultan, uyanınca yine pencereden baktı. Bugün de bahçe baştan başa beyaz güllerle donatılmıştı. Hemen maşlahı omzuna atarak bahçeye indi. Yine şarkı sesleri geliyordu. Keloğlan’ın kulübesine yaklaşınca, şu türküyü işitti:

Yârim bana ya hep cefa göstersin
Yahut gerçek, tam bir vefa göstersin...
Gözyaşımla bahçesini sulayayım
Benim hüznüm ona sefa göstersin.

Bu gün Gülsün Sultan, Keloğlan’ı daha yakışıklı görmeye başladı.

Üçüncü  sabah,  Gülsün  Sultan  bahçesinin  sarı  güllerle  bezenmiş  olduğunu gördü.Keloğlan’ın kulübesine gidince, şu türküyü işitti: 

Ey gülleri seven, sen de bir gülsün,
Bana karşı gül ki, bahtım da gülsün
Sorma kimdir yârim o da sultandır,
Darılmazsan adı onun da Gülsün! 

Bugün Gülsün Sultan, başka birisini değil, kendisini sevdiğini anladı. Kendi  gönlünü  yoklayınca,  orada  da  Keloğlan’a  karşı  bir  aşk  ateşi alevlenmekte olduğunu gördü. Hemen kararını verdi, Keloğlan’ın yanına gitti: “Ben de seni seviyorum; fakat babam beni sana vermez. Bu memleketten gizlice kaçalım. Başka  bir diyara hür, serbest birbirimizin  oluruz!” dedi. Keloğlan, evvelce her ne lazımsa hazırlamıştı. Hemen o gece, saraydan kaçarak yola  düştüler.  Gündüzleri  ormanlarda  gizleniyorlar,  gece  yürüyorlardı.   Nihayet, memleketin  hududunu  aştılar.  Artık  ele  geçmek,  yakalanmak  korkusu  kalmadı. Şimdi, gündüzleri de yürüyorlardı. Bir gün yolda giderken, Keloğlan yerde ağaçtan yapılmış eski, kırık bir tarak gördü. Gülsün Hanım’a, “Bunu al, bohçana koy!” dedi.

“Niçin alayım? Bu neye yarar?”
“Başını  taramak  için bir tarak  lazım  değil mi?  Bakalım,  gideceğimiz  yerde bunu bulabilecek misin?”

Gülsün Hanım, tiksinerek tarağı yerden aldı. Bohçasına koydu. Biraz daha yürüdüler.   Keloğlan  yerde  yamalı,   yırtık  bir  peştamal   parçası   gördü.   Gülsün Hanım’a,  “Bunu al, bohçana  koy!”  dedi. Gülsün  Hanım,  “Niçin alayım?”  demesi  üzerine,  “Hamamda  bir peştemala  ihtiyacın  olmayacak  mı?  Bakalım,  gideceğimiz yerde bunu bulabilecek misin?” dedi.  Biraz  daha  yürüdükten  sonra, yerde tenekeden kirli bir taş

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gördü. Gülsün Hanım’a “Bunu da al!” dedi. Gülsün Hanım’ın yine “Niçin alayım?” sualine cevaben, “Hamamda başına su dökmek için bir tas lazım.  Bakalım,  gideceğimiz  yerde  bunu  bulabilecek  misin?”  dedi.  . Gülsün Hanım, bu kirli tası da tiksinerek aldı. Bohçasının bir tarafına sıkıştırdı.  Bu suretle, her ikisi de yaya olarak, yürüye yürüye, Keloğlan’ın baba yurduna geldiler. Keloğlan, Gülsün Hanım’ı sarayın yanında bir kulübeye yerleştirdi. Kendisi, şehzade elbisesi giyerek, saraya gitti. Seyahatte eski aşkından kurtulduğunu, şimdi büyük vezirin kızıyla evlenmek istediğini, hemen düğün hazırlıklarına başlanmasını bildirdi. Sarayda düğün hazırlıklarına başlandı. Şehzade günde bir defa, Keloğlan kıyafetinde sultanın kulübesine geliyordu.

Keloğlan, bir gün Gülsün’e dedi ki, “Bu memleketin şehzadesi evleniyor. Sen de dikişçi  kadınlar arasında saraya git. Hem elinin emeğine karşı  bir ücret alırsın, hem  de  bir  parça  ipekli  kumaş  aşırırsan,  doğuracağın  çocuğa  güzel  bir  elbise yaparsın!”  Gülsün,  bir  dikişçi  kadın  sıfatıyla  saraya  girdi.  Gelinin  çok  çirkin  bir  kız olduğunu gördü. Bir zaman,  bir saraya  gelin olarak  geleceğini hatırladı.  Bir nar tanesinin  ne suretle  talihini  değiştirdiğini  düşündü;  fakat  o,  şimdiki  halinden  çok  memnundu; çünkü,  kocasını  candan,  gönülden  seviyordu.  Bu anda kocasının söylediği sözler hatırına geldi. Her ne kadar, seciyyesinin, ahlâkının zıttı ise  de,  nefsini  zorlayarak  o  sözlere  itaat  etti.  Bir  parça  ipekli  kumaşı  çarşafının altında sakladı. Şehzade, bir gün evvel baş kalfaya yarın, işçi kadınların da, kumaş çalınmış diyerek yoklama yapılmasını emretmişti. Yoklama yapıldı, aranılan kumaş parçası Gülsün Kadın’ın çarşafı altında bulundu. Kadıncağız bin türlü hakaret görerek, zorla, canını kulübesine atabildi.

Kocasına  işi  anlattı.  Kocası,  “Bu  kere  beceriksiz  davranmışsın.  Bir  daha girersen daha ustalıkla aşırırsın!” dedi. Gülsün, manyetizma uykusuna yatırılmış gibi, kocasının  her  dediğini  ihtiyatsız  yapıyordu.  Aşk,  bütün  iradesini  elinden  almıştı.    Yine sabah, Keloğlan, “Bugün yakınımızdaki hamama git!” dedi. Gülsün, tasını, tarağını toplayarak hamama gitti. Meğer, o gün sarayın bütün hanımları da hamamda imişler. Şehzade bir tepsinin içine bir parça altun, bir parça şeker, bir gül, bir diken, bir nar tanesi koyarak baş kalfayla hamama gönderdi. “Hanımlardan hangisi bu tepsideki bilmeceye cevap verirse, şehzade, onu alacaktır deyiniz ve fakir olsun, zengin olsun mutlaka her hanıma bu tepsiyi gösteriniz!” dedi. Cariyeler, tepsiyi hamamdaki bütün hanımlara  gösterdiler.  Hiçbirisi  bilmeceyi  anlayamadı.  Nihayet,  hamamda Keloğlan’ın karısı Gülsün Kadından başka kimse kalmadığını görünce, ona da göstermeye mecbur oldular; çünkü şehzade, fakir olsun zengin olsun her kadına gösterilmesini emretmişti. Tepsiyi, Keloğlan’ın karısına da gösterdiler. Kadıncağız ihtiyatsız şu sözleri söyledi:

Altun gibi azizdim Şeker gibi lezizdim
Saltanat ağacında Yetişmiş tek filizdim
Naz bağında gül iken
Oldum bir kaba diken
Sebep bir nar tanesi
Keloğlana vardım ben 

Cariyeler unutmamak için bu sözleri yazdılar. Şehzadeye götürdüler. Şehzade, “Alacağım kız işte budur!” dedi. Derhal, cariyeler Gülsün Hanım’ı, gelin sultana hazırlanan kulübeye götürdüler.   Kadıncağız,   kırık   tarağıyla  tasından,   yırtık   peştemalından   bir  türlü vazgeçmek istemiyordu. Cariyeler bunları elinden alarak bir tarafa attılar; beline sultanlara mahsus bir peştamal sardılar. Saçlarını fil dişinden elmas taraklarla taradılar. Başına altun taslarla su döktüler. Güzelce yıkadıktan sonra ipekli havlulara sararak hamamdan çıkardılar. Gelin sultan için yapılan elbiseleri ona giydirdiler. O, istemiyor, “Ben Keloğlan’ın karısıyım. Beni, yanlış olarak başkasına   benzettiniz!” deyip duruyordu. Cariyeler büyük bir nezaket ve hürmetle onu, altun arabaya bindirdiler; saraya götürdüler. Doğru şehzadenin odasına çıkardılar. O ağlıyor, “İstemem, istemem, Keloğlan’dan başka kimseyi istemem!” diyordu.

Bu  anda  şehzade   geldi.  Gülsün  Kadın,  ona  da,  “Ben  evli  bir  kadınım. Keloğlan’ın karısıyım. Onu seviyorum.  Kim olursa olsun başkasını  istemem!” dedi.  Şehzade dedi ki, “Mademki sen Keloğlan’dan başkasını istemiyorsun, işte ben de bir Keloğlan olacağım!”. Derhal, duvardaki bir dağarcıktan eski bir işkembe çıkardı. Başına taktı. Keloğlan’ın yırtık hırkasını da çıkararak sırtına geçirdi. Bu kıyafetle Gülsün Hanım’ın önünde durdu. Kadıncağız, sevgilisi olan Keloğlan’ı karşısında görünce, şimdiye kadar bir Keloğlan zannettiği kocasının, nar tanesini yiyen şehzade olduğunu anladı. 

Şehzade, “Nasıl!” dedi, “şimdi artık beni isteyecek misin?”.
Gülsün Hanım, “Evet, şimdi isterim; çünkü sen bir şehzade iken seninle hiç görüşmeyerek, hiç tanışmayarak evlenecektim. Keloğlanı ise gördüm, konuştum. Çehresinin çirkinliğine bakmayarak sevdim.Eğer Keloğlan’ın bu düzme çirkinliği altında güzel bir şehzade saklı ise, bundan dolayı teessüf edecek de değilim. Güzel ruh, güzel çehre ile beraber olursa, nimet nimet üstüne demektir. Şimdi, şehzadem, senden bir şey soracağım. Bir nar tanesinden dolayı beni affedecek misin?”
Şehzade, “Hayır, af isteyecek benim; çünkü sana bu kadar eziyetleri çektirdim. Seni bu kadar hakaretlere uğrattım. Bilmem sultanım, bu cinayetlerimi affedebilecek misin?”
Sultan, “O halde, birbirimizle ödeşmişiz sayalım. Geçmişi unutalım. Bizim için hayat, asıl bundan sonra başlayacak. Nasıl şehzadem, bundan sonra birbirimizi hep seveceğiz  değil  mi?  hele  ilk  çocuğumuz  dünyaya  gelirse,  bahtiyarlığımız  iki  kat olacak; o vakit yeniden kırk gün kırk gece düğün yapacağız, değil mi?”