The Girl and the Foxglove Meadow

Maya loves the wildflower meadow at the edge of town, where tall foxgloves in pink, purple and white sway in the breeze and bees and butterflies drift from bloom to bloom. Each morning she pulls on her mustard yellow rain boots, packs her red satchel with a notebook and magnifying glass, and sets off to watch the insects she has come to know, among them a plump bumblebee she calls Bumble. One day she notices that some of the foxgloves are drooping, their petals pale and falling, and that the bees seem to have fewer places to feed. She begins to ask why the meadow is changing.

Following Bumble to the flowers that still hold nectar, Maya writes down what pollinators need: flowers for food, leaves for shelter and water. She collects foxglove, lavender and poppy seeds from the shed, plants them in a bare patch of soil near the old oak tree, and comes back after school to water and weed. Friends join her, and a small pile of stones becomes a shelter. This gentle nature tale by Aysel Banu YAVUZAL can be read on Masal İzle.