Brezilya'da Aslan yuvası

UEFA Kupası’nı kaldıran ekibin önemli isimlerinden biri olan sambacı, o dönem birlikte forma giydikleri Marcio ile birlikte bizi ağırlarken, evdeki herkesin sarı-kırmızılı formalarla dolaşması en önemli ayrıntıydı. İkili, “2000 yılındaki takım dağılmasa Şampiyonlar Ligi bile kazanılırdı” derken, Fatih Terim’i yere göğe sığdıramadı

SENAD OK / CENGİZ MALGIR

Galatasaray tarihin en parlak dönemlerinde yer alan Oliveira Capone ve Marcio, Brezilya’da Milliyet’i ağırladı, sohbetin tadına doyum olmadı...
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Açıkçası daha evin içine girerken etrafta gezen Galatasaray formalı kişileri gördüğümüzde doğru yerde olduğumuzu hemen anlıyoruz.
O sırada Marcio da çocuklarıyla bahçede top oynuyor.
Bizi bu iki isimle buluşturan arkadaşımız Bayram Dağdeviren’in tercümanlığında evdeki herkes ile tek tek tanışıyoruz.
Brezilya-Türkiye dostluğundan bahsediyoruz. Ve bu dostluğu hep birlikte çekilen fotoğrafla pekiştiriyoruz.
Capone’dan dolayı buradaki herkes Galatasaraylı. Hepsinin üstünde sarı-kırmızı renkler. Forması olmayan bile Türkiye ile ilgili bir şey taşıyor üzerinde.
Hagi, Popescu, Taffarel gibi yıldızlarla birlikte takıma büyük katkı yapan iki Brezilyalı da profesyonel kariyerlerini noktalamış.
Marcio, inşaat işine girmiş. Capone ise geçen sene teknik direktörlük yapmış.

FUTBOLDAN KOPMAM
Capone, UEFA Kupası’na giden yolu açan Milan maçında attığı gol, Marcio ise son Kadıköy galibiyetinde attığı gol ve asistle hâlâ akıllarda. Yıllar sonra tekrar buluştuğumuzda ikisi de 2000 takımının devamında aslında bir Avrupa Kupası daha kazanılabileceğini söylüyor ve ekliyor;
“Takım dağılmasaydı, Şampiyonlar Ligi de gelebilirdi.”
Capone ile başlıyoruz. Futboldan kopmuş değil. Zaten sabah arkadaşları ile maçtan gelmiş. Evinin bahçesinde de dev bir futbol sahası var.
“Futbolu daha bırakmadım. Oynuyorum. Ayaklarım kırılana kadar tutmayana kadar bırakmayacağım. Arkadaşlarımla vakit geçiyorum. Profesyonel anlamda şu an bir şey yapmıyorum. Özel maçlara katılıyoruz. Hocalık yaptım. Geçen sene bir takım çalıştırdım. Ama iyi bir takım bekliyorum. Son iki yılda iki kez geldim Türkiye’ye. Taffarel ile arada görüşüyoruz, onun dışında çok kontağım yok. Özellikle defans konusunda Türk futbolculara hocalık yapabileceğimi düşünüyorum. Bu konuda büyük eksiklik var” ifadelerini kullanıyor.
Capone, UEFA Kupası’nı kazandıkları sene paranın ikinci planda olduğunu belirtiyor ve devam ediyor;
“2000’de forma için oynadık. Şimdi ise para için oynayan futbolcular var. Bizim o dönemimizde bu tip kontratlar yoktu. Garanti paralar yoktu. Maç başı vardı. Her maç oynamak zorunda oluyorduk. Şimdi garanti olduğu için ufak bir ağrı hissedince futbolcu oynamıyor. O fedakârlığı göstermiyor.”

Future Perfect Tense, gelecekte belirli bir zamanda tamamlanmış eylemler için kullanılır. Diğer tüm "future" formlarda olduğu gibi, Future Perfect Tense de "when" "while" "before" "after" "by the time" "as soon as" "if" "unless" gibi zaman kelimeleriyle kullanılamaz. Türkçe'ye "yapmış olacağım" şeklinde çevrilebilir.

EXAMPLES:

I am going to see a movie when I have finished my homework. Doğru
(Dersimi bitirince bir film seyredeceğim.)

I am going to see a movie when I will have finished my homework. Yanlış

FORM Future Perfect

► [WILL HAVE] + [PAST PARTICIPLE]

EXAMPLE:

I will have perfected my English by the time I come back from the U.S. (Amerika'dan döndüğümde İngilizcemi mükemmel bir şekilde geliştirmiş olacağım.)

► [AM / IS / ARE] + [GOING TO HAVE] + [PAST PARTICIPLE]

EXAMPLE:

I am going to have perfected my English by the time I come back from the US. (Amerika'dan döndüğümde İngilizcemi mükemmel bir şekilde geliştirmiş olacağım.)

NOT: "will" veya "going to" kalıbıyla yaptığımız cümleler çoğu kez anlam farkına yol açmazlar. Bazı özel durumlarda iki tense birbirinin yerine kullanılamaz.

CALLAN ENGLISH

dersimizingilizce.com eğitim kadrosu özellikle "hemen konuşmak isteyen" bireylere yönelik olarak Callan English programları tasarlamıştır. Callan Metoduyla İngilizce eğitim vermek için özel eğitim almış öğretmenlerimiz, özellikle iş dünyasından onlarca kişiye eğitim vermiştir. Callan metoduyla eğitim alan kişilerde sağlanan yüzde yüz memnuniyet oranı, hem eğitim kadromuzun, hem de öğrenci kitlemizin genişlemesine yol açmıştır.

Şu anda dersimizingilizce.com İngilizce Eğitim Programları kapsamında yüzyüze eğitim eğitim alan her 3 kişiden bir tanesi Callan metoduyla eğitim almaktadır.

CALLAN METOT NEDİR?

Callan Metot, öğrencinin anlayabilme ve konuşabilme becerisini zevkli fakat yoğun bir ortamda artıran ya da başka bir deyişle geliştirmesini sağlayan, kesin sonuçlara ulaşmış, İngiliz patentli bir metottur.
Soru-cevap içerikli ders, öğrencinin İngilizce?yi hızlı bir devinim içerisinde duymaya ve etkin bir şekilde konuşmaya zorlar. 

Callan Öğretmeni, dersi süratli bir şekilde sürdürerek, öğrencinin İngilizce?yi doğal hızında konuşulurken anlamasını ve konuşmasını sağlar. . Bunu sağlayabilmenin yollarından biri de kişinin ana dilinden İngilizceye çeviri yapmasını engellemektir. Hız sayesinde kişinin çeviri yapmaya ve düşünmeye fırsatı kalmaz. Öğretmen dersi süratli bir şekilde sürdürerek, öğrencinin İngilizceyi doğal hızında konuşulurken öğrenmesini ve anlamasını sağlar. Ders esnasında tahtayı kullanmaz, not tutturmaz, boşlukları doldurtmaz  ve dili bilgisayarlarla öğretmez.

Yakın bir ifadeyle, İngilizce'yi ilk günden itibaren, “anadilimizi öğrendiğimiz şekilde yani konuşarak öğretir.

KOŞULLU  REFLEKSDil, refleksif olarak beyinden değil,  konuşma organlarından gelir. Öğrenci düşünmeden konuşmalı ve anlamalıdır. Öyle ki, hiçbirimiz kendi dilimizi düşünerek konuşmayız. Kelimeler cümleler halinde ağzımızdan otomatik olarak çıkar.
Sadece müzik tarihi okuyarak veya piyanonun hangi maddelerden yapıldığını öğrenerek, oturup çalabilmek olanaksızdır. Piyano çalabilmenin tek yolu, notaları öğrenerek sürekli onunla pratik yapmaktır. Bir dil öğrenmenin yolu da onu konuşmaktır. Callan derslerinde,  pratiği hızlıca geliştirerek öğrencinin düşünmeden konuşması sağlanılır.

MEKANİK TEKRARLAMA (SIK TEKRAR)
Düşünmeden, akıcı konuşabilme sadece mekanik tekrarlamayla geliştirilebilir. Eğer  öğrenci duyduklarını defalarca tekrar ederse sonuca da aynı oranda çabuk ulaşır.

Aynı zamanda yapılan sık tekrarlar. bilgileri pekiştirip, eksik kalan yerleri doldururarak, otomatik konuşabilmeyi sağlamaktadır. Unutmayın ki, en zayıf hafızanın üstesinden bile sık tekrar gelir. 

DİLBİLGİSİ  KURALLARI ÜZERİNDE TAKILIP KALMAZ
Bir arabanın hangi maddelerden yapıldığını, motorunun nasıl bir düzenekte çalıştığını veya arabanın parçalarını teorik olarak biliyor olmamız, içine oturduğumuzda o arabayı sürebileceğimiz anlamına gelmez. Arabayı sürmek, zamanla ve pratikle kazanılan bir yetidir. 
Kendi dilimizi konuşurken de, asla özneleri, sıfatları, yardımcı fiilleri düşünmeyiz, kelime hatırlamaya çalışmayız. Kelimeler ve cümleler ağzımızdan otomatik olarak çıkar. Bu refleksi, anadilimizi 2 yaşından beri pratik yapmamız sayesinde kazandık. Callan yönteminin amacıda, ilk günden itibaren konuşarak eğitim vererek, İngilizce?nin kağıt üstündeki teorik bilgisini değil, pratik kullanımını göstermektir..  

12 HAFTADA 1000 EN YAYGIN KELİMEYLE  2500 CÜMLE
7 kitaptan oluşan metodun 1.ve 2.Kitabı İngilizce?de günlük yaşamda bir çok kere kullanılan  ? come, go, black, white, quickly, slowly ? gibi 1000 kelimeyi içerir. Bu kelimeler ile 2500-2800 cümle pratik olarak kullanılır. 3 ay içerisinde ulaşılan durum, klasik yöntemlere gore 4 kat daha hızlı yol kat etme anlamı taşır..  

YAZI ÇALIŞMALARI (DICTATION)
Her konunun sonunda yapılan yazı çalışmalarıyla, öğrencinin, birbirinle bağlantısı olmayan kelimelerden oluşmuş cümlelerle,  İngilizce?yi hatasız yazabilmesi sağlanmaktadır.

 
OKUMA ÇALIŞMALARI (READING)
Konuşma ve anlama ağırlıklı geçen derslerin içerisinde her gün 10 dakikalık okuma çalışması  yapılmaktadır. Okur yazar kişilerde kısa bir sürede gelişen okuma yeteneği, dersin yoğun temposunda, küçük bir mola olarak da nitelendirilebilir.  

SAATTE 20 YENİ KELİME
Bir dili öğrenmek, bir binayı inşa etmeye benzer. Kelimler tuğlaları, dilbilgisi ise destekleri temsil eder. Callan?daki ortalama bir öğrenci  gereken kelimeleri saatte ortalama 20 kelime olmak üzere toplam 80 saat sonunda öğrenmiş olacaktır.

Başka bir deyişle bir ay içerisinde Callan öğrencisi en az 600 kelime öğrenir.

Callan ile okumayan bir öğrenci, klasik yöntemlerle 2000 kelime öğrense dahi bu kelimeleri cümleler içerisinde akıcı olarak kullanamaz.   

ŞİRKET İÇİ  KURUMSAL EĞİTİMLERDE  DÜNYANIN TERCİHİ
IBM, OLIVETTI, PHILIPS, FIAT ve HONEYWELL?in yanında dünyaca ünlü bir çok  dev şirket, yönetici ve personel İngilizce eğitimlerinde Callan Method kullanmıştır.A.E.L?de Türkiye?nin tanınmış kurum ve kuruluşlarında  şirket içi eğitimlerini sürdürerek bir çok başarıya imza atmaktadır. .  

FARKLI, MODERN VE ETKİN TEKNİKLE KESİN SONUÇ
Netice olarak, Callan Method, klasik İngilizce öğretim tekniklerine göre tamamen farklı bir yaklaşımla, İngilizce?nin teorik olan bilgisini, pratik olarak öğreterek, öğrencisini anadilde öğrenme rahatlık ve kolaylığında  okuma, yazma, konuşma ve anlama becerilerinde en üst seviyeye taşımaktadır.  
5600 kelimeyi hatasız kullanma ve anlama imkanı tanır

Bu program özellikle orta ve üst düzey yöneticilik yapanlar ve işadamları için uygundur. Katılımcıların genel konuşma yeteneğinin yanısıra, iş yaşamıyla ilgili özel kavramları öğrenmesini ve pratik olarak kullanmasını amaçlar.

Ayrıca İş İngilizce'siyle ilgili online eğitim veren yüzlerce siteden toplanan zengin kaynaklar katılımcılara ücretsiz olarak sunulmaktadır. Eğitim öncesi katılımcılarla yapılacak mülakat, ihtiyaç analizi ve seviye tespit sınavından sonra kursun yoğunluğu ve süresi kararlaştırılır.

İHTİYAÇ ANALİZİ ve EĞİTİM YERİ

Ders almak isteyen kişilerle eğitimi verecek eğitmeniz evinize veya işyerinize gelerek bir ihtiyaç analiz testi ve seviye tespit sınavı uygular. Bu görüşme ücretsizdir. Bu görüşme esnasında ders almak isteyen kişi eğitmenle tanışma fırsatı yakalamış olur ve eğitim alma kararını daha net verebilir.

Görüşme sonrasında eğitmenimiz, eğitim alıp almama kararınızla ilgili hiçbir şey sormadan ayrılır. Ve sizden mail veya telefon yoluyla gelecek cevaba göre eğitime başlanır veya iptal edilir.

Dersler isteğe bağlı olarak ya ders almak isteyen kişinin kendi evinde veya işyerinde veya dersimizingilizce.com ofisinde ofisinde yapılmaktadır.

GRUP SAYILARI, DERS SAATLERİ VE ÜCRETLER

Dersler maksimum 6 kişilik gruplar halinde yapılmaktadır ve ders saati 120 TL?dir.

CALLAN metodunu verimli bir şekilde uygulayabilmek için haftada en az iki gün ikişer saat ders yapmak gereklidir.

Şirketlerde grup sayısına bağlı olarak ücretlerde özel ayarlamalar yapılabilir. 

Ayrıntılı bilgi ve kayıt için lütfen telefonla arayınız.

I am in red
Boğazıma kadar borca battım.

I drink cofee once in a blue moon
Ayda yılda bir kahve içerim

I am tikcled pink that I have passed the exam
Sınavı geçtiğim için çok heyecanlıyım

He eats like a pig
Çok fazla yemek yer

He took it like a man
Olgun bir şekilde kabul etti

He eats like a bird
Çok az yemek yer

He drinks like a fish
Çok içki içer

I slept like a dog
Çok güzel uyudum

My brother runs like a wind
Kardeşim çok hızlı koşar

My father is as bald as an egg
Babam kabak gibi keldir

He has a memory like sieve
Hafızası çok kötüdür

He came out smelling like a rose
Çok başarılıydı

He lives like a king
Kral gibi yaşar

She has a memory like an elephant
Hafızası çok kuvvetlidir

She took it like a duck to water
Onun için çok doğaldı

She looks like death warmed over
Çok gariban gözüküyor

He treats me like dirt
Bana çok kötü davranıyor

She treats me like a king
Bana kral gibi davranıyor

He sticks out like a sore thumb
Herkes tarafından farkedilen birisi

He works like a horse
Çok sıkı çalışır

He has a mind like a steel trap
Çok zeki birisi

He looks like a million
Harika gözüküyor

He went on like a broken record
Kırık plak gibi konuştu

She has something up her sleeve
Birşey planlıyor

He swears like a trooper
Çok küfür eder

She tells it like it is
Herşeyi olduğu gibi söyler

It works like a charm
Çok iyi çalışır

My mother wears the pants in the family
Evin hakimi annemdir

The news spread like a wildfire
Haberler çok hızlı bir şekilde yayıldı

The kids fought like cats and dogs on the street
Çocuklar sokakta kedi-köpek gibi kavga ettiler

My girlfriend is as cute as a button
Kızarkadaşım çok güzeldir

The teacher is hot under the collar
Öğretmen çok kızgındır

A good friend would give you the shirt off his back
İyi arkadaş senin için herşeyi yapar

We must tighten our belts now
Kemerleri sıkmamız lazım

I have been hoodwinked
Aldatıldım

That idea is old hat
Bu modası geçmiş bir fikir

Guests are given the red carpet treatmen in Turkey
Türkiye?de misafirlere çok iyi davranılır

Let's go out and paint the town red
Hadi dışarı çıkıp şehrin altını üstüne getirelim

I always look at the world through rose coloured glasses
Dünyaya her zaman pembe gözlüklerle bakarım

When I bought a summer house she was green with envy
Yazlık ev aldığımda kıskançlıktan deliye döndü

Don't look so blue! Try to be optimistic
O kadar karamsar bakma! Biraz iyimser olmaya çalış

John is a true blue friend
John çok sadık bir arkadaştır

This money is my golden oppurtunity to buy a new car
Bu para yeni bir araba almak için altın gibi bir fırsat

I don't have a red cent
Tek kuruşum bile yok

Mary talks like a blue streak
Mary çok konuşkandır

He sees red whenever he loses the match
Ne zaman maçı kaybetse kendini kaybeder

I am in a red
Boğazıma kadar borca battım

Professor Jack Stingo used to make some experiments, was trying to invent things in his free time on the basement floor of his house, which he converted into a laboratory. In the last few years he paid all his attention to make a robot eagle and concentrated his works on this way. He had already made two robot eagles and had flown them with a remote control in his house's large garden, which was in the ghetto, but that was not his main aim.

Professor Jack Stingo knew that making a well – developed robot eagle was in turn. This robot eagle would have a lot more different qualifications than the other robot eagles: It would have all the information it should know through the mini computer in its brain and it would search the eagles' lives by having close relationships with them by the light of this information. It would transfer its observations to the professor's computer in the laboratory after interpreting them in the mini computer in its brain. By the way everything he saw through the camera in its eyes would be seen by the professor on the computer's screen being in the laboratory.

The desire to learn new and different knowledge was an unforsakeable passion of human mentality and it wasn't contended with that and the effort to learn even the unknown would be used as a springboard and each new knowledge could be presented for the good of mankind.
Professor Jack Stingo completed to make the robot eagle after a tiresome work, which lasted three years; he took the robot eagle out to the garden, turned back to the laboratory, sat in front of his computer and he made the robot eagle fly by actuating the remote control. After touring a little, the robot eagle headed for towards the mountains. It would join the eagles living at the steep and rugged reef and would search their lives. After flying a while, the robot eagle saw an eagle flying by making large circles at a very high level. What was this eagle doing? What was its aim of flying by making large circles? It should be asked him. It rose. When it came near to the eagle it asked:
“Excuse me, why are you turning all the time there?” The eagle showed a very harsh and brutal reaction:
“Shut up, go away, don't you have any business? Push off…”

The robot eagle immediately went away from there. What kind of an eagle was that? He had apologized and asked why he had been turning. Why had the eagle dismissed him? The robot eagle passed that night in peace. The following day when he nearly had reached the steep and rugged reef, he saw an eagle nest. There were two eagles and a nestling, he headed towards them. The two eagles left the nest at he same time and they held up. After one of the eagles said:
“What do you think you are doing? What impertinence! I was chasing a game yesterday, you made me talk just before I would chase, and you made me miss my game and today you are trying to come to my nest. These are terrible mistakes and there is no mercy for them. An eagle has to know these wherever on earth he lives. I don't know why but I think that you have made these mistakes without knowing. If you knew them, you couldn't stand so calm before me. Now go away from here without saying anything and never meet me again. I will pull you to pieces at your third mistake. Oh, he is still standing”, he wanted to throw himself into the robot eagle. The robot eagle immediately turned back and started to run away from there as quick as possible. The eagles turned back to their nests after chasing the robot eagle for a while. The robot eagle went down to a reef, which was on the hillsides of a mountain, after flying for nearly half an hour. The environment was quite silent. He started to interpret the events on his mini computer in his mind and transfer all the talks to the professor's computer. After he finished the process, he heard an eagle's voice while he was trying to find to which way he should fly.

“Hey buddy!... What are you doing there? May I come near you?” The robot eagle turned his head to left and looked. An eagle had perched on the reef further and was shaking one of his wings. “If you want to talk, I can come near you. Would you like me to come, buddy?” This was a chance that the robot eagle sought but couldn't find. The chance was there for him. It was called chance and he wouldn't miss the chance.
“Come on buddy, let's come and talk!” The eagle flew and perched near the robot eagle.
“I have been watching you for a while, buddy. You were quite dreamy a few minutes ago, as if your body was here but your mind was in another place or let's say you seemed me like that.”
“What you have said might be true in some way. Everything has a reason. If you move backwards from here, you will reach the occurrence; if you move forwards, you will reach the result.”
“It is possible to reach the result by eliminating the reasons of its occurrence, isn't it buddy?”
“Completely right. Let's talk in short! I am a robot eagle made by a scientist called Professor Jack Stingo. I am on duty to search the eagles' lives. The number of the eagles in the world is decreasing steadily. This situation is known by the mankind and studies are done so that the eagles breed won't become extinct. The professor will present the knowledge, which he has got through me, for the mankind's opinion and the things that people know will consolidate with the new knowledge about the eagles. The studies made by this knowledge's light will make the eagles propagate. It must be your duty to attend to such a useful aim as an eagle.” After the eagle looked very puzzled at the robot eagle's face, he recovered himself.

“That means to say that you are a robot eagle. You were behaving strangely but if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have understood that you were a robot. Anyway we mostly hunt during the day. Each eagle has a different game reserve. An eagle can't enter another eagle's game reserve. It is forbidden. We don't like being disturbed while chasing a game and relaxing in our nest. If somebody disturbs, they will be reacted and put in their places. We don't often push and shove one another. Its reason is that two eagles rarely come together and see each other except the family. As you know the eagles are the rulers of the skies. No other flying creature can break a lance with us. We build our nests on the summits of the mountains, at the steepest and most unreachable places of the reefs. We live there away from the strangers' eyes. Sometimes a snake comes, from where I don't know, and pesters the eggs in the nest. If there are three eggs in the nest, it certainly snatches one or two of them.

It is impossible to leave the nest when there are eggs. We hunt snakes every day but since they propagate very quickly, those snakes' numbers never decrease. It is a problem even they exist or not. By the way the people shoot and kill them with rifles. Why do people kill the eagles although they don't eat their meat? No, such a nonsense thing can't happen. If there weren't any eagles, there would be snakes and centipedes everywhere. Common voles would be come across at every step. If these common voles propagate, there would neither be fields and vineyards nor gardens. They would wipe away all the crops. As a result the ones would be the people who would go hungry, this is my remark.”

The following talks were in the way of question – answer. The robot eagle asked the questions that he couldn't answer, and the eagle answered. After talking a little more for a while the robot eagle said:
“That's enough, thank you buddy.” The eagle said “Thank you actually, buddy” and it flew away. The robot eagle immediately transferred the talks to the professor's computer. The robot eagle, who continued his observations for a few more days in the environment, set off his journey to return. The information that has been got would be presented to the people's remark through publication after being compiled.

There lived thousands of ducks around a lake. These ducks organized different competitions and competed gently and they awarded the ones who came first. Gadro was winning all the competitions which were organized for the last few years. He was coming first an all competitions such as swimming, diving, walking beautifully etc. many years ago while his friends were playing around; Gadro was training alone and was very ambitious about being the champion one day. He didn't attend any of the competitions without being sure of himself and he came first in all the games that he attended.

Recently, Gadro started to say his friends that he was planning to migrate somewhere far away. In fact he wasn't happy there. It was such a small place and he thought that the world was so big. His aim was to be famous all around the world. Being famous in that place was not enough for him. He wanted to be a world famous duck.

One day Gadro left his homeland without telling anyone. He was walking so fast and what is more he didn't turn back to look at the places where he was born and grew up once more. As he was going away from his homeland that was by the lake he realized that a pain in his heart was growing bigger and bigger. Whenever he saw some animals on his way through the woods he immediately went near them but when he realized that those animals were behaving him as if he was an ordinary duck and they were laughing at him when he told them about some of his plans. So that he was really unhappy and desperate.

After a while Gadro realized that other animals were laughing at even the way he walked so his unhappiness grew more and more. He thought that they were a few stupid animals and he found it ridicules how they could dare to laugh at a champion duck that was really talented and could be a world famous sportsman one day.

He was known by thousands of ducks that lived by the lake and he was admired by them. What about those animals. None of them was famous and known by any other animals. They didn't even know who or what they were. Was it possible for an animal that forgot its own name to remember Gadro, even if he was known by everyone? They were all poor, pitiable creatures.

For five years Gadro travelled and lived in lots of different places. And then he turned back to his homeland by the lake. He wasn't walking around the lake any more as he did in the past and at nights he was training for swimming and diving in the lake. During the day he was watching the ducks that were swimming in the lake at the top of one of the hills around.

One day Gadro climbed on that hill again and to his amazement he saw that there were about forty or fifty ducks by the lake and five of them started competing in the lake. Rarely could he hear some of the ducks were applauding the competitors. Gadro thought they must be training. After a short time Gadro realized that an old duck was approaching him. He pulled down his hat on his eyes in order to be unknown by this old duck. After greeting Gadro the old duck sat next to him.

‘This year very few ducks are showing interest in competitions' the old duck said. ‘As you see only five ducks are competing and hardly fifty ducks are watching and trying to courage them.'
Gadro was confused.
‘What did you say? Are they competing at the moment? I don't believe it. I thought they were training!' replied Gadro.
‘They are really racing my son. What is more this is the most important competition of the year. The duck which comes first in swimming will get the big prize. There used to be amazing competitions in this lake. This hill, those hills and the ones behind used to be full of spectators and hundreds of ducks used to attend the competitions which lasted for days and all the competitors tried to do their best. The ones that came first became perceptible in the competitions which were held on the next day and they used to get their awards while everybody was applauding them. After Gadro left here, the excitement of the competitions ended. If it goes on this way, in a few years time there will be nobody attending the races. It is really hard to find a duck to compete if there is no spectator.' the old duck explained sadly.

Gadro was really touched while listening to the old duck and there were tears in his eyes. He pulled up his hat a bit to clean his tears. The old duck who had seen Gadro many times while he was competing and training around the lake realized that the duck sitting next to him was Gadro. He was the champion of all the games. It was unbelievable. Ha turned back to his homeland many years later. At first Gadro denied that he was the champion duck but in the end he confessed that he was because the old duck insisted on him a lot. Also he accepted to publicize his being back to other ducks.

The next day, thousands of ducks gathered by the lake. They were all waiting for Gadro so that he didn't make them wait for too long. He came there and he started swimming in the lake with the old duck and he met all the ducks in the lake and greeted them, made some compliments and a short speech to the ducks.

Then he started coaching the young ducks that were getting ready for the next competitions. The did his best to make each of them good competitors. Hundreds of ducks started to attend the competitions again as it used to be in the past. Gadro entered the competitions as well. He was coming first in most of them and sometimes he let others to beat him because he wanted to courage the other young ducks and everybody knew that he was being beaten on purpose.

That year Gadro was twenty-four and he got really old. He could attend the short distance swimming competitions for the past few years. In his last competition although he had some problems at the beginning of the game he didn't give up swimming. He came last. When the other ducks turned back after completing the race they saw Gadro. The champion duck was falling on his back as he tried to swim and he was struggling desperately. Other ducks were shocked and they knew that Gadro had done lots of things for them to be a champion. He coached them day and night. And their coach was in a difficult situation. They swam quickly back towards Gadro and they took him in their arms. He could hardly speak as he was nearly unconscious. He was saying that he had to finish the race. He managed to finish the race in the arms of other ducks while thousands of ducks were watching him silently.

Normally average life expectancy for a duck is about twenty five years but Gadro lived longer than that. He couldn't compete any more but he was always there to support the other duck. 

The little whale whose mother was killed by whale hunters was swimming in the Atlantic Ocean. Whilst swimming, he was surrounded by a group of sharks that included about twenty members. The leader of the sharks came nearer to the little whale and said ‘ I know you and I can understand how you feel little whale. Being unhappy won't help you. You can't get anything living unhappily. People killed your mother. You must get your revenge. You mustn't swim around doing nothing. We are your friends and we can teach you how to kill people so that you can kill them cruelly and get your revenge. In the near future people will get to know you and they will be afraid of this cruel whale.'

‘Did people eat my mother?' asked the little whale.
‘Yes, my little friend they did. People are so cruel. They kill all the living things in the world wildly and also they are really cruel to each other as well. I have seen lots of people fighting with each other on the ships. My grandfather used to say that they were also fighting on the land and the one who beats the other one was becoming a hero.' answered the leader of the sharks.
‘It means that people are really bad creature, aren't they? asked the little whale.
‘Yes, they really are.' said the shark.
‘If they are so, I am going to punish all of them and the ones that killed my mother and made me cry for a long time but I don't know how to do this.' the little whale said.
‘You can learn it. Come on honey, follow me. Let's go my dear friends. Deep waters are waiting for us.' said the shark.

The sharks taught the little whale all the techniques about how to kill people and it took them one month to do this. Their aim was to send the little whale to the beaches where a lot of people swam and to make him kill all the people who were swimming around.

Little whale was sure of himself. He was definitely confident that he was able to kill people and he always told the sharks he wanted to kill all the people and pull them to pieces. However, the leader of the sharks thought it was necessary to test the little whale if he really learned how to kill that before sending him to the beach to kill people. So five of the sharks started to look for a person swimming around alone and away from the other people who were doing different activities on the beach. After a short time they realized that there was a little boy swimming alone near the lighthouse. This little boy was going to be their first victim. They didn't want to go closer to the child as they didn't want him to be scared. They turned back quickly and showed the little whale his first victim so that the little whale started to swim towards the little boy. The sharks thought that the little boy must be a professional swimmer as the sea was very deep around the lighthouse otherwise he couldn't swim there because most of the people were afraid of it. At first the little whale took his head out of the sea and then his body and tail appeared. The child realized the whale immediately. The whale took a deep breathe and dived into the sea. Although it was just a baby whale, it was four metres long. It was impossible for the little boy to swim towards the beach because the whale could swim much faster than him so that it could catch him before reaching the beach. He started swimming parallel to the beach but the whale came closer and closer and then the whale started swimming next to him and after a while it suddenly opened its mouth and then closed it. Then it turned back and swam towards the sharks.

When he came near them:

‘ I completed my mission. I killed the child.' he said.
‘ Did you pull him to pieces?', asked the leader of the sharks.
‘ No, I didn't pull him to pieces', said the little whale.
‘ Didn't you? What did you do, then?' asked the shark.
‘ I swallowed him.' replied the whale.
‘Swallowed?' asked the shark.
‘ Yes, I did. The child is in my stomach now.' said the whale.
‘ No matter what you did. As a result you killed him. I really appreciate what you did and I want to congratulate you. We are going somewhere far away tomorrow to attend a meeting so that we won't be here for a few days. I want you to go to the beach and kill as may people as possible. You can either pull them to pieces or swallow them. You must swim around all the beaches and kill all the people you come across. Do not pity on them.' said the leader of the sharks.

After a few days the sharks came back and found the little whale swimming around happily. The little whale told them that he had killed twenty people cruelly and people had been afraid of swimming in the sea since than because they were scared to death and next he boasted them all the people were afraid of him. All the sharks became very pleased when they heard that.

The next day one of the sharks saw the boy whom the whale pretended as if he swallowed the other day on the beach near the lighthouse. He went directly beside their leader and told what he had seen so that the leader got furious. He went beside the little whale angrily.

‘You told us that you had swallowed that little boy but we saw him on the beach and he was alive. Nothing has happened to him. He looks so healthy. Are you making fun of us?' he said.

The whale realized that he was being surrounded by the sharks that seemed very angry.

‘Yes, I swallowed him but I couldn't digest him so I had to vomit him because he started kicking my stomach.' replied the little whale.
‘Shut up, you liar! you didn't swallow him and you didn't attack other people swimming around. They were all lies. You also told us that people couldn't come to the beach as they were afraid of you but you see all the beaches are full of people and they don't care about you. All the things that you told us were lies. If you can't kill them, I will…… said the leader of the sharks. And he couldn't finish his sentence.

‘What will you do? I got bored of you all. Get out of my sight!' said the whale angrily and then hit the leader with his head so strongly that it went down the depths of the sea and then he started to swim very fast towards the beach. It was too late to turn back and the sharks were swimming just behind him and they were so close. If they caught him they would pull him to pieces.

Little whale reached the beach hardly. It struggled and kicked about while lying on its back for a while and it could manage to move a bit on the beach. When he got weak he let his head on the hot sand. The child recognized the whale and ran beside him.

‘What is happening little whale? You must be in the sea not on the beach!' said the little boy.
‘Thanks God. Is it you little boy? Sorry I can't remember your name.2 said the little whale.
‘My name is Mark. I am OK! What are you doing on the beach?' asked the little boy.
‘My name is Sili. We met a few days ago, didn't we?' asked the little whale.
‘Yes, I do. We swam next to each other for a while. When you opened your big mouth I got so frightened because I thought that you were going to eat me but I was wrong. You just opened your mouth widely and then closed it and swam away. I couldn't understand why you did like that.' said the little boy.
‘ Did you really think that I was going to eat you. That was just a joke. I am so sorry that I made you frightened. Please forgive me for my behaviour' said the whale.
‘ OK! I do forgive you. Would you please tell me what is going on now? What is the reason for your being here on the beach instead of swimming in the sea?' asked the little boy.

Little told him everything.

‘As you see my friend all the sharks are chasing me all around and I can not fight them alone because there are twenty sharks that want to kill me. That is why I am here.' said the whale.
‘Why didn't you swim away when the sharks went far away for the meeting? You should have asked for help from the other whales.' said the little boy.
‘If I had swum away, the sharks would catch me easily. I would have no chance to survive because all the sharks in the sea would start looking for me in order to kill me. I wouldn't have asked for help from other whales because that would cause a cruel war between all the sharks and whales living in the sea. as a result a lot of whales and sharks would die just because of me. I might have died in that war. But now only I am dying and none of the whales is in danger. It is not the end of the world if I die. The world is like a drop in the space and I am not even like a drop in the ocean' explained the whale.

‘If your mother hadn't died, the sharks wouldn't have tried to kill you. You wouldn't be here and running away from them.' said the boy.
‘ That is true but people are responsible from my mother's death. They killed her. What is more I can't understand the reason why they killed my mother. She didn't hurt them. Why do you think they killed her, Mark?' asked the little whale.
‘To earn some money. Some people kill animals to earn some money. They don't care about what would happen to the babies of those animals that they kill. How can those babies survive without their mothers? They won't give harm to a child whose mother or father died. Because they respect that child and pity on him. A child whose mother or father died when he was small can understand you very well. I promise you I will never give harm anything on earth.' promised the child.

‘ I love you, Mark' said the little whale.
‘ I love you, too Sili' replied the little boy.