Keloğlan and His Neighbors
14 Ağustos 2018Keloğlan ve hain komşularının hikayesi basit bir İngilizce anlatımla burada
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Keloğlan was a poor boy. He lived with his mother. Everyday he would go out and find some temporary work to earn his living. Then he would go home and give the little money he earned to his mother.
One day he again gave his money to his mother. He said, “Mom, you go to the town and buy some provisions while I go out into the world and earn more money before the hard winter arrives. Otherwise we might starve to death.”
Then he started a journey to find a good job. He went day and night. He crossed mountains and rivers. He travelled a long long way. Then he looked back and realized that he had travelled no longer than the length of a barley. He was very surprised but he resumed his journey. Many days later, while he was still walking, he saw a fountain on the way. He felt that he was very tired. He decided to have a rest and drink water there. After drinking enough water, he washed his face and arms. He realized that water was very refreshing. Then he washed his feet and legs too. Then he was thankful for the person who had built that fountain. He prayed aloud for him, saying, “What a good person he was who built this fountain. God help him please. Amen.” Then he prepared to lie down to rest. Just then he heard something. He listened carefully. It was coming from the fountain. Suddenly there appeared some smoke from inside the fountain. It went up to the sky. Then it disappeared. And then a little old man appeared. He was as tall as a finger. He jumped into the basin under the fountain. Then he began to grow until he was as big as a normal man. Keloğlan was dumbfounded. The old man said, “Hi, son.” After looking around and seeing no one else, Keloğlan understood that the old man was talking to him. He said, “Hi. I am sorry I was afraid and surprised to see you”. The old man said, “There is no need to fear or get surprised. I am neither genie nor fairy but just a normal human like you. I am not going to hurt you. In fact, I am here to thank you. I am the man who built this fountain. Many people have drunk water from this fountain. However, none of them has ever prayed for me except for you. So, I wanted to thank you.” Keloğlan kissed his hand respectfully. Then he said, “I am from a far-away village. I have been walking for days in search of a job. My mom must be worried about me. I want to go home but I can’t find the way back. Help me please.” The old man gave him a present. It was a coffee grinder. Keloğlan wasn’t very happy. He said, “What can I do with this coffee grinder? We are poor. We can’t buy coffee.” Then the old man said, “This is not an ordinary grinder. Whenever you feel hungry, just say, ‘Spread, grinder, spread’, and just wait. After you have eaten enough, say, ‘Disappear, grinder, disappear!’ Don’t forget that you have to keep it from everyone except your mother.” Keloğlan looked at the grinder. He couldn’t believe the old man. But when he looked up, the old man had disappeared. He realized the smoke at the fountain. He knew that the old man had gone back to where he came from. Keloğlan hid the coffee grinder in his shirt and left.
On the way home, Keloğlan thought that the old man wasn’t serious. He thought, “He made fun of me. A magic grinder. What nonsense”. Then he realized that he was near his village. He felt hungry. He wanted to try the grinder. He said, “Spread grinder, spread”. As soon as he said it, the grinder’s lid opened and it was fog everywhere. After that three little fairies appeared one by one. They were carrying trays of food. As the fog disappeared, the fairies grew bigger and bigger until they reached normal human size. The trays were filled with all sorts of dishes. They left the trays in front of Keloğlan, and went back into the grinder. Keloğlan was amazed. Then he looked at the delicious dishes and ate as much as he could. When he was full, he remembered the old man’s words, and he said, “Disappear grinder, disappear!”, and the trays disappeared. Keloğlan was very happy. He ran home. He wanted to make his mother happy. He said, “Mom, set the table, quick.” His mother was surprised. Keloğlan said the magic words, “Spread grinder, spread”. The little fairies appeared once more with their trays. Keloğlan’s mother was shocked. Keloğlan soothed her. “Don’t be afraid, mom.” he said, “Just wait”. When everything was ready he gave a spoon to his mom and told her to eat. When his mother ate her fill, Keloğlan said, “Disappear grinder, disappear!”, and the trays disappeared. The Keloğlan told her all that happened to him on his journey. His mother said, “We should keep this grinder a secret. Otherwise our neighbors will take it from us”. Keloğlan disagreed with her. He said, “On the contrary, mom, we should invite all the neighbors for dinner tonight. We should let them see how generous we are.” Mother understood that Keloğlan would not listen to her. The neighbors arrived in the evening. They didn’t expect to find much food because they knew that Keloğlan was poor. When they were all ready, Keloğlan brought out the coffee grinder and said, “spread, grinder, spread”, and the fairies appeared with food trays in their hands. The neighbors were dumbfounded. They could not say anything. They ate all the delicious food, thanked Keloğlan, and left. Afterwards they talked about this marvel. “If we had a grinder like that”, some of them said, “we wouldn’t have to cook any more”. Others said, “We wouldn’t have to work, either.” While they were talking, one of them secretly went into Keloğlan’s house and stole the grinder. Later the same night, he came back and put an ordinary grinder in place of the magic one.
Keloğlan woke up the next morning. He wanted to have breakfast. He held the false grinder and said, “spread, grinder, spread”. Nothing happened. He repeated the words again and again but nothing happened. Then Keloğlan looked at the grinder more closely and he understood that it wasn’t the magic grinder. “Oh my god”, he said, “they replaced the grinder with a false one while we were asleep.” His mother wept with him. She said, “we have lost it because you didn’t keep the old man’s words. I told you not to do it but you didn’t listen to me. Weeping is useless.” Keloğlan kept weeping. “What have I done!” he said and went out of the house. Then he thought the old man could help him. He said, “I will go to him and tell him what happened and ask his for forgiveness. Perhaps he will help me.” He went to the fountain again. He drank water and prayed for the old man. Then the old man appeared. He saw that it was Keloğlan and he had been crying. He asked, “What is the problem, son? Why have you been crying?” Then he added, “I think you didn’t keep your promise. Did you show the grinder to other people?” Keloğlan told him