Once upon a time, in a quiet garden, somewhere in the e-Twinning project „ The gentle yearbook page by page”, a tiny seed ......................................................................................................

                  Hafize Durakoğlu-Boğazkale Secondary School

The Seeds of Hope

In our classroom, we began with hope.
Each student wrote a dream in their own small seed of paper. Some wrote about peace, some about friendship, and some about a bright future.

Then we painted colorful flowers around our hopes. Red, yellow, pink, and blue flowers filled the room with joy. Every flower carried a smile, every color carried a dream.

Next, we carefully placed our flowers on the wings we had made. The wings looked ready to fly into the sky, carrying our wishes with them.

Finally, we planted our real seeds in the soil. As we covered them gently with earth, we all believed the same thing:

Just like these seeds, our hopes will grow.

One day, the flowers will bloom, and so will our dreams.

Constantin Alina 

Scoala gimn. nr 24 Ion Jalea Constanta, Romania 

clasa  a IV-a B 

Elena Gkatzelaki, 10th primary school of Polichni

Hülya Yavuzalp-Öğretmen İbrahim Öztürk İlkokulu

Elif, who lived in a small town, would hastily eat the breakfast her mother prepared every morning before going to school, sometimes even forgetting to say thank you. To her, it was just an ordinary, everyday occurrence.

One day, Elif fell ill. She had a high fever and was too weak to get out of bed. That day, her mother never left her side. She stroked her hair, made soup, and stayed awake all night. Every time Elif opened her eyes, she found her mother beside her.

The day she recovered, looking at her mother, she realized: the breakfast prepared every morning, the clothes ironed, the silent sacrifices… all were actually parts of an unseen love.

From that day on, Elif never left the house without stopping at the door and hugging her mother. Because now she knew; a mother's love was the greatest act of kindness, given without ever being noticed.

Hülya Yavuzalp-Öğretmen İbrahim Öztürk İlkokulu

Emine Akbaş-Öğretmen İbrahim Öztürk İlkokulu

Once upon a time, the countries of the world were separated by invisible borders, but bound together by their hearts.

One day, a little boy picked up a map and asked curiously, “Why are there so many countries?” The map came to life and began to speak. “Each country,” it said, “tells a different story. Some are strong with their mountains, some free with their seas, and some unforgettable with the warmth of their people.”

The boy closed his eyes and dreamed. Suddenly, he found himself in different countries. In one, he watched people dancing, in another he played in the snow, in another he walked through streets filled with the scent of spices.

When he returned, he smiled:

“So the world is not one single place… it is a combination of many beautiful places.”

The map gently replied:

“And best of all, they are all part of the same world.”

Emine Akbaş-Öğretmen İbrahim Öztürk İlkokulu

Nicoruț Nicoleta, Margot Kindergarten