Aris

Writer: Zeynep Irmak Haspolat (13 years old)

Illustrator: Zehra Yılmaz

Translator: Nefise Karaduman (12 years old)

Aris lived in a village which was far away from cities, close to the mountains, covered with lush green forests with small rivers everywhere and had very fertile land. When summer came to the village and showed sunlight in its brightest colors, the number of bees had increased. Folks living in the village happily, started to be annoyed by the bees. Folks kept complained a lot to the headman about the bees. " The bees are bothering us while we eat, we can't eat anything outside. ", ” The bees keep stinging our kids.", " Because of the buzzing sounds of the bees, we can't even sleep...”

The headman finally sent smoke through the whole village. That day, no one stepped out of their houses. When they got up the next day, the bees were gone. The people were really happy. Now they could sleep, eat, and tend their crops comfortably. Everything seemed to be back on track.

After a while, the trees and flowers started to wither, the plants dried up; the seeds stopped producing. There was no trace left of that lush green village. The villagers slowly began to leave the village. The crime rate was increased.

Aris realized that the village ended up like this because the bees had left. She loved the bees a lot. She was also very sad that they had left the village. She started looking for a solution to bring the bees back. The mayor wouldn't have been able to find so much smoke; he probably got it from Smokeye.

Smokeye lived in his three-hundred-story house down the village with his ninety cats. Luckily, she knew the shortcut to the tower. she reached there in just a few steps. The doors were open and she went inside. There were six hundred rooms in this palace. He went to the room where Smokeye was. Finding it was very easy. She told Smokeye to bring back the bees, otherwise he would get hurt with the rest of the village. But Smokeye was happy with his situation.

He was living comfortably with the artificial air, meat, and vegetables produced by his machines.

Dumangöz refused Aris's offer. As Aris walked away sadly, a room caught her eye. When she entered the room, she saw papers on the wall with the village map and terrible plans. Aris immediately left the room and excitedly got into the elevator. A button labeled "Top Secret" caught her attention. She pressed that button. She found the room where the bees were hiding. She opened the window so the bees could get out. She flew to the village together with the bees.

The villagers were happy when they saw the bees returning. Aris told them about Dumangöz's evil plans. Dumangöz wanted to rule the whole village by selling the artificial air and food he produced with his machines. The gendarmes put Smokeye in jail. After a while, everything went back to how it was. The people were very satisfied with their life and continued to live happily.