The Rose Without Thorns

In a sunlit garden where soft breezes drift among the blooms, the roses all grow sharp thorns to keep hungry bugs at bay. All except Rosie, a small, delicate flower with blush-pink petals, warm amber eyes and a smooth green stem. Try as she might, she cannot grow a single thorn, and the tallest flower, Dahlia, frowns at her, wondering how she will ever survive. Rosie feels small, different and not quite right, like a teacup without a handle.

Then a tired butterfly named Pip flutters in, searching for a place to rest. Every rose he tries is too prickly, until he finds Rosie, whose open petals and smooth branches welcome him. Soon other butterflies and bees come to rest on her, and Rosie is never lonely again. This gentle tale by Yavuz DEMİRKIRAN for young readers can be read on Online Masal, showing that being different is not a weakness and that kindness and hospitality carry their own quiet courage.