The Turtle's Tiny Telescope

In a cozy little pond surrounded by soft moss and tall reeds, a small, round turtle with a smooth olive-brown shell and warm amber eyes lives quietly. Every evening, the turtle waddles to the water's edge to watch the stars twinkle both in the sky and in the pond's mirror-like surface. Around its neck hangs a tiny brass-rimmed telescope, a treasure found long ago that is too small to show the stars clearly, yet the turtle wears it always and dreams of studying the sky properly.

One clear night, the stars in the pond turn blurry and smudged, and the turtle wishes for a bigger telescope. A bright lime-green frog with golden eyes hops by, carrying a woven twig satchel, and offers a different kind of help: together they can build a steady platform to stand on. Gathering sticks and smooth pebbles around the pond, the two work as a team, stacking stones into a strong base and tying sticks crosswise with soft grass. As they build, the frog shares facts about stars, and the turtle listens with growing wonder. This gentle tale by Ebru Mina TOMURCUK can be read on Onlinemasal Com.Tr.