Sumo, dört kişilik bir ailenin en küçük çocuğudur. "Thirstiness" adında bir arkadaşıyla birlikte yaşıyordu ve Sumao'nun küçüklüğünden beri onunla uğraşıyordu

FATMA TOPÇU ÖZEL YALOVA BİLGE OKULLARI

Ve bu yüzden küçük yaştakilerle kavga ediyordu. Ama yine de mutlu ve tuhaftı. Annesi sevimli ve şefkatliydi. Ama bu günlerde annesi Sumao'nun hastalığı yüzünden gergindi. Somao'nun annesi Sumao ve kardeşlerine susuzluk konusunda tavsiyeler veriyordu. 

FATMA TOPÇU ÖZEL YALOVA BİLGE OKULLARI

Listening carefully to his mother's story, Sumao and his siblings did not fully understand what thirst was, but they knew they had to be careful when using water sources near their home.

Zehra MALAZGİRT/MUSTAFA NECATİ SECONDARY SCHOOL

Because there was very little drinkable water. It was not enough for Sumao and his family. Sumao's mother did not know how to explain this situation to her children. She tried to explain but could not succeed.

Zehra MALAZGİRT/MUSTAFA NECATİ SECONDARY SCHOOL

So their mother decided to tell them a story about a small stream that was once happy. This stream, she told them, gave water to all the little animals in the forest, to the little birds to drink, to the deer to cool off, and to the flowers to grow beautifully. The children played on its banks and laughed as their little feet got wet."

Panagiota Giannakopoulou-Αpeiranthos  Naxou - Primary School

But, their mother continued, at some point, the rains stopped. The sun began to burn hotter and hotter, and the stream began to shrink, more and more. The little animals began to get thirsty, the flowers withered, and the children could no longer play on its bank. The stream slowly fell silent, it no longer sang, because it had no voice, it had no water.

Panagiota Giannakopoulou 

Apeiranthos Naxou - Primary School