The Fox's Moonlight Bicycle

On the edge of the whispering woods, a young fox named Fenn discovers a bicycle leaning against an old oak tree, its silver bell and wheels glowing in the moonlight. When he touches the handlebars, the bicycle hums as if it is happy to see him, and its wheels spin with tiny sparks of silver light. Owl Oda soon appears with a worn leather satchel full of letters that were forgotten long ago. She explains that the moonbeam bicycle has chosen Fenn, and that each night someone must deliver these letters before sunrise, because moonbeam power fades when morning comes. Fenn agrees, and his friend Bramble the badger, carrying a small lantern, walks beside him through the twisty forest paths.

Night after night, Fenn learns the forest by heart and brings letters to a sleepy hedgehog, a family of mice, owls, squirrels, and a grumpy old tortoise, each smile making him pedal faster. Then Oda gives him a letter sealed with a tiny red ribbon for Pip, a small rabbit who lives in a faraway den beyond the hill and waits each night for news from a faraway friend. The road is long, the moon is already high, and Fenn's moonbeam wheels begin to flicker and dim. Tired and cold, he considers turning back, but he thinks of Pip waiting by the den and decides that a promise is a promise. This gentle tale by Ebru Mina TOMURCUK can be read on Onlinemasal Com.Tr.