ONCE upon a time there dwelt on the outskirts of a large forest a poor woodcutter with his wife and two children; the boy was called Hansel and the girl Grettel. He had always little enough to live on, and once, when times were bad, they had to get by with one piece of bread and butter each.

Ayşenur is a beautiful girl. She has got short, black, curly hair and big black eyes. She resembles her mother. Ayşenur is a bookworm. She likes reading. Her parents buy her new books everyday…

There was once an old miller who had three sons. When he died, he left them everything he had. Simon, the eldest son, inherited the flour mill, Alex got a donkey and Jack, the youngest, got a cat. Simon soon set to work grinding flour. Alex headed for town with his donkey. “I’m going to find work hauling things,” he said…

It is a hot, sunny day . Ali and his mother are in the kitchen. Ali is playing with his toy train. His mother is washing thedishes. Ali is a curious boy. He asks his mother a lot of questions. His mother answers the questions patiently.