The Boy and the Golden Fish

In a village near the hills, a boy named Sami carries water home each morning and likes to linger by a quiet pond once his chores are done. When a harsh, rainless summer dries the pond down to mud, he discovers a golden fish stranded there, its bright scales coated with dirt. Acting without any thought of reward, he lifts the fish in his hands and takes it along the hot path to a deeper stream, where he lets it go. The fish speaks its thanks in a soft, bell-like voice, yet Sami asks for nothing in return and keeps the encounter to himself.

As the drought presses harder on the village, wells fail and the stream dwindles, and Sami at last tells his mother what happened. Written by Ebru Mina TOMURCUK, this gentle tale follows a child who helps a creature in trouble and expects nothing back, and it shows how that kindness reaches the whole community. Suitable for bedtime reading aloud or for early readers, the story can be read on Onlinemasal Com.Tr.