The Boy and the Puffin Colony

Eight-year-old Sam arrives by little boat at Puffin Island, dressed in his blue rain jacket and red rubber boots, with binoculars on a string around his neck. A tall ranger with an auburn braid welcomes him and explains that the island is a protected place where puffins come each spring to dig burrows, lay a single egg and raise their chicks. She shows him the marked nesting areas and the wooden sticks that visitors must never step past, and Sam spends the morning quietly watching the black-and-white birds carry silver fish and keep their eggs warm.

When a group of excited visitors arrives, the calm of the colony breaks, and the frightened puffins retreat from their nests one by one. Thinking of the single egg in each dark burrow and the chick waiting for fish and warmth, Sam finds the courage to speak up. Small but steady, he shows the visitors how to watch from behind the sticks and use quiet voices. This gentle tale by Aysel Banu YAVUZAL follows an observant child who learns that caring for wildlife begins with small, respectful choices, and it can be read on Masal İzle.