The Little Flamingo

A little flamingo stands alone at the edge of a wide, shallow lagoon, watching ducks and gulls splash and chatter together. With his soft pale pink feathers, curved neck and big round dark eyes, he feels too tall, too pink and too strange whenever the other birds fall quiet at his approach. Each morning he studies his reflection in the warm water and wishes he could be small and plain and fit right in.

One afternoon a tiny speckled sandpiper hops up beside him and boldly asks about his long legs and whether she may walk with him. Surprised that she is not afraid, the flamingo admits he is different, and the sandpiper answers that she is different too, being the smallest one there with plain brown feathers. Written by Aysel Banu YAVUZAL, this gentle tale about loneliness and friendship can be read on Masal İzle and is suited to children in the early primary years and to adults reading aloud to them.