The Dragonfly's Drawing Desk

Beside a sparkling pond where water lilies float and reeds rustle in the breeze, a dragonfly with glass-like wings keeps a tiny wooden desk at the water's edge. Every morning she ties her small red scarf, takes a pencil from her brown satchel, and sketches what surrounds her: tall green reeds, glossy beetles on the stems, ripples on the water, and soft clouds overhead. Her large, round, deep green compound eyes catch every detail, and each drawing holds a little piece of the pond on paper.

One sunny morning a cheerful frog in a straw hat with a blue ribbon hops over and admires her work, suggesting a pond art exhibition. Together they choose a smooth flat rock as the gallery and invite the beetles and butterflies. As she draws more, the dragonfly notices things she had never seen before and begins to worry her pictures may not be good enough. This gentle tale by Ebru Mina TOMURCUK can be read on Onlinemasal Com.Tr.