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FIRST DAY OF RAMADAN



                                                   Written by Ayşe Erva KÜÇÜK
              Was born on 9th November 2011. Lives in Kartepe. Goes to 6th Monsters at Private Nadide Secondary School. Dreams to be a software programmer.

              It was the 1st day of Ramadan. The preparations                       …
              for iftar had already started at the campsite. It   After a long time, there was only half an hour left
              was 2 hours before iftar. I and the Monsters     for iftar. We continued to search for a little more
              class were very hungry. Our teacher was taking   and saw Sare. Sare was sleeping on the green
              the big monster class roll call. At that moment,   grass. Calm, calm, she was very sweet.
              we realized that one person was not among us;
              Sare…                                            We were so happy to find her. When Sare woke
                                                               up, she was in horror at the sound of our joy. We
              Sare loves drawing. She could draw for hours if   told her about the incident to calm her down.
              she wants. And she is so talented.               Then she laughed and said why we were here:


              We started looking for Sare. Everyone was        She found a butterfly and wanted to draw it on
              looking for Sare in a different corner. I was on   paper. She was away from the campsite while
              the side with the strawberries. I found a trace of   trying to catch it. Then she got very sleepy and
              Sare.  A few strawberries were crushed. I told   fell asleep.
              this to my teacher and the class. This time we
              were looking for Sare on the side of the         After hearing this story, we laughed so much that

              strawberries. Since we were with strawberries,   we had a stomach ache! Then we thought that
              we thought we'd pick some strawberries.          we were hungry and there were only 10 minutes
              Everyone had 3 strawberries in their palms. And   left for iftar.
              we kept on searching.
                                                               Now we were at the campsite. And a huge table
              After a while, we saw a footprint in the mud on   was waiting for us. We sat at the table and
              the road. It wasn't dry yet, it was fresh.       waited for the call of prayer. I think what we
                                                               experienced today was quite enough for the first
              We were sure that this trace also belonged to    day of Ramadan. And we deserved a big iftar.
              Sare. We continued walking in that direction.
























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