THE KID JINNI

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• Keloglan loves to play games. But his
  mother gets angry when he plays games.
• One night, Keloglan still plays a game
  with his friends. The game is called the chief
  merchant. They dont keep the track of the time
  because of the enjoyable game.
• Finally, one of his friends reminds them
  to go home. It is almost midnight. All of his

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• friends say, Goodbye and leave for their
  homes.
• Keloglan is alone in the dark. Because
  his house is far away. Therefore he is too
  scared to go home alone. Unfortunatelly, there is
  no moonlight in the sky.
• What should Keloglan do?
• He walks into the darkness. But he is too
  frightened. He talks to himself I wish I hadnt
  stayed outside very long. He thinks that his

• mother must be very angry.
• Then he sees a small river. There is
  nobody around. He hears the howling of the
  jackals. Then he hears music just above the small
  river. He thinks,
• What can people do in the middle of the
  night?
• He sees a lot of jinnis and a woman in
  the middle. The woman dances and the jinnis clap
  their hands. They play music very loudly.
  Keloglan is surprised and watches their
  entertainment.

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• He fortgets to go home again. He forgets
  that his mother will shout at him. He thinks,
  What can a woman do with that many jinnis?
• And the jinnis start to dance. Keloglan
  wants to dance too but he is scared to join in
  their group. He starts to turn around where he
  stays. He is so excited that he turns somersaults
  a couple of times.

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• The music stops suddenly. The jinnis stop
  dancing and sit. Then they start sleeping. But,
  the woman doesnt sleep. She sits down and starts
  crying. Keloglan wonders why she is crying. He
  goes near her and asks,
• Who are you? Why are you with the
  jinnis?
• Her name is Zarife. She is so happy to
  see a human being, actually she
• faints because she is in shock to see him. Then
  she

• comes to and she thinks she can be free from
  the jinnis. When Keloglan starts talking loudly,
  she says Hush. She holds his arm and they start
  running away.
• A little after, one of the jinnis wakes
  up. He sees that Zarife is disappeared. He gets
  angry. Because he loves her. When Keloglan and
  Zarife are running, they see a running jinni
  behind.
• Zarife says, We shouldnt stop.

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• What should we do? Keloglan asks.
• You act like a kid jinni she says.
• Soo.. Keloglan says. When he comes, tell
  him that I am taking her to the toilet and we
  will be right back. Is it all right?
• The jinni comes and you can hear his breath!
• Keloglan uses his high pitched voice,
• Hey, clever jinni, dont

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• come here! Zarife needs to go
• to the toilet and we will come back.
• The jinni stops. He feels better now. Because
  he will be able to chat with Zarife when they
  come back to the camp. He waits but nobody comes
  back. He calls out to Zarife. There is no
  respond. He gets very angry again.
• Heey friends, come here, Zarife is taken from
  the camp. Why are you still snoring? he shouts.

• All of them are awake now. They start to
  run after them but they cannot catch them.
• Keloglan comes home with Zarife. His mother is
  still awake and her voice is lost because she
  called out to him all night long. She is very
  angry. She shouts at him and she sees the woman.
  His mother is about to ask, What are you doing
  here?, but Zarife talks before her

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• Hey old woman, dont shout at Keloglan because
  he saved me from the jinnis. I would be with them
  right now if he hadnt rescued me. I owe him a
  lot. I will give his award someday.
• Well, who dont like these words!
• Welcome to our home girl. Please sit down
  here. Keloglan, dont stand there, bring some hot
  milk to your sister says his mother.
• She is very pleased.

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• Zarife stays in Keloglans home for a couple of
  days. But she feels so sad to see their
  conditions. Because they are poor. She tells the
  old woman, I have to go now. I will never forget
  your favour. I should take Keloglan, too.
• The old woman says, No way!
• Zarife says, But, I should give his award.

• What kind of award is this?
• Its a surprise says Zarife.
• The old woman says, Allright
• Keloglan kisses his mothers hand, as if he
  will be away very long.
• Come back home quickly son says his mother.
• Zarife and Keloglan start walking. They talk
  when they walk. They come to a big mension.

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• The mension has got beautiful gardens around it.
• The mension belongs to a popular bey.
• The bey appears at the door of the mension and
  starts to shout.
• Welcome home, Zarife!. He says. I almost
  lost my hope.
• Zarife is the wife of the bey.
• The bey sees Keloglan. He likes him. They
  havent got any kids and they want to adopt a
  kid.

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• Ive found him, Ive found my son he talks to
  himself.
• Zarife talks good things about Keloglan. She
  tells her husband how he saved her from the
  jinnis.
• The bey says, Hey, bald kid, shining eyed
  boy, you are a merry boy. Please stay with us.
• Keloglan says, No, I cant, my bey, I have to
  go home. I cannot leave my mother alone. She
  misses me, please let me go.

• Zarife asks him to stay, Please Keloglan, you
  are the one who saved my life. Your mother can
  wait. She will be happy to see the presents.
• Then he says, ok half happily.
• The bey organizes a song contest. Only the
  kids can join in the contest.
• The bey says to Keloglan, Hey bald boy, your
  voice is pretty. There is a song contest very
  soon, join in.

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• Keloglan says, No, I cant do that.
• The bey asks, Why?
• Keloglan answers, I am too shy and my voice
  is too bad.
• The bey says, We can find a solution, there
  is no solution to death only.
• Zarife says, It is a very nice chance for you
  and you will get the big prize.
• I told you that I am too shy, and my voice is
  terrible. He says.

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• Zarife says, I know an egg which will make your
  voice beautiful. And if you eat the neva herb,
  your shyness will go away.
• Keloglan is happy and asks, Where is the egg?
  And Where is the neva herb?
• Zarife answers, The egg is on a tree. The
  tree is on Kaf Mountain. The neva herb is near.
• The bey asks Well, how will we get this egg?

• With the phoenix answers Zarife.
• The bey laughs, It is just like a fairy tale!
  It is more than a tale. Where is Kaf Mountain?
  Where will you find the phoenix?
• Let me do this she says and leaves the house
  with Keloglan. They walk for a while. They sit at
  by the small river. It is midnight.
• The jinnis play music again.

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• When Zarife sees the jinnis, she says, You are
  having fun, you are very happy.
• The jinnis are pleased to see Zarife. They say
  they miss her a lot after a long time.
• She tells them, If you bring me the phoenix,
  I will join you and I wont leave you.
• Oooh! Who can stay with the jinnis? They are very
  happy and they sing happy songs. Their songs can
  be heard from the seven mountains.

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• The wisest jinni says We will bring Kaf
  mountain here for you, if you stay with us.
• Keloglan cannot understand whats happening.
• A humpbacked jinni shouts Heeey, phoenix,
  come here from where you are and sit upon my
  hump.
• After a very short time, the phoenix comes and
  sits upon his hump.
• Keloglan gets surprised.

• The humpbacked jinni tells the phoenix, Heey,
  the bird. It is so nice that you arrive here very
  soon. That woman will give you an order!
• Allright says the bird.
• Zarife gives a kiss to his beak. She says You
  will go to Kaf Mountain with Keloglan. There is a
  red egg in a silver nest on a branch of a tree.
  You will get the egg to me.
• The phoenix says, Yes, maam.

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• The bird takes Keloglan and they fly over the
  forest.
• When they leave, Zarife and the jinnis start
  talking. Her wish is to get the egg and then run
  away again.
• One of the jinnis asks, What will you do with
  the egg?
• That egg makes the bad voice wonderful.
  Keloglan has to join a song contest. But he told
  me that his voice is terrible. Thats why he
  needs the egg.

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• When they talk, Keloglan and the phoenix find
  the red egg on the silver nest of a branch of a
  tree on Kaf Mountain. They return very fast.
• One of the jinnis, Ok, Keloglan, sing your first
  song for us!
• Zarife asks one of the jinnis to bring the
  neva berb from the small river below.
• The jinni brings the herb.

• Keloglan first eats the neva herb and then the
  egg. He is no more shy and his voice is
  beautiful. He sings a song. The jinnis have fun.
  They have so much fun that they all fall asleep.
  
• But one of them is awake. He watches Zarife.
  Zarife realizes that he is awake. She wispers to
  Keloglan, Go up on hill. Sing a nice song. All
  of them will go with you. Because they really
  like your

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• voice. Meanwhile, I will go away. They fall
  asleep again. And then you will run away too. We
  will meet at the flat area near the forest.
• Keloglan says, Allright, the wife of the
  bey.
• He goes a little up on the hill. He starts
  singing a song. The song is so beautiful that all
  the sleeping jinnis wake up and run up on the
  hill.
• When the song is finished, the jinnis come
  back. They dont see the woman there.

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• Keloglan runs away too.
• He runs through the forest and meets Zarife at
  the flat area. Then they arrive at the mension.
• The bey gets very happy.
• The concerts starts. The kids sing beautiful
  songs. Its Keloglans turn. Audience make fun of
  him because he has no hair and his clothes are
  very old. They believe that he cannot sing very
  well.

• They start talking Look at that bald kid! Why
  do they take him to the contest?
• I bet his voice is as bad as his appearance.
• Maybe, they take him to choose the worst
  singer.
• Keloglan comes in front of the stage. With
  feeling no shyness, he sings a very nice song
  that all the crowd apploud with great surprise
  and happiness.
• Bravo! Wow! What a wonderful voice! they
  say.

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• Keloglan is chosen as the best singer. After
  this success, Keloglan says,
• Please let me go home. Let me kiss my moms
  hand and drink our hot milk.
• The bey and Zarife beg a lot. We havent got
  a child. We will have you as our own child. You
  can get married to a beauful girl. Stay with us.
• I cant says Keloglan. Nobody can replace
  my mom.

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• They give him a lot of gold, kiss him and let
  him go.
• When his mom sees him coming home with gold,
  she gets very happy.
• Keloglan and his mother live happily with
  their gold ever after.

• THE END