When the children’s imagination opens up roads for the little refugee to cross…
1. The little refugee dreams of making another garden that is much bigger than the old
one. She wants to have a horse, a cow, butterflies, cats and a dog. The little refugee
dreams of taking care of her animals with the Little Prince. She wishes the two of
them lived in a place where there were no other people and where they could take
walks together in the playground.
2. The little refugee dreams of making a little flower garden in the house of the Little
Prince so that the Little Prince can feel happy. The snow will fall all night but every
morning when they wake up, the sun will have melted the snow.
3. One night, while on her way, the little refugee saw a red dragon with fire coming out
of its mouth. The dragon set fire to a house. The family inside alerted the fire
department, which arrived quickly. They managed to extinguish the fire before the
whole house burned down. This dragon had wings. It started flying high and
throwing stones at people’s houses. The little refugee saw the people doing chores
to fix the dragon’s destruction and went into the houses and helped. In one house,
she told the little child and his parents: “Your house looks nice.” And then they told
her that she could stay with them. When the sun came up, the police chased the
dragon but it escaped. The little refugee remembered a friend of hers, who knew a
lot about dragons. She had learned from him that when a dragon rules a city, it is
because it wants to eat. She told the family and the mother made soup for the
dragon. Since then, every time the dragon was hungry, it went and ate in the house
where the little refugee lived. So, it did not hurt people again.
4. The little girl saw a house that was in the shape of a rose. The carpenters had made
it this way for a girl who liked flowers. The house smelled like roses because the girl
who lived there sprayed it with her own rose perfume. When the little refugee was
walking by the house, she saw that the door was open and entered. Whenever the
girl who owned this home was away, she left the door open for anyone who liked
flowers to enter. When the little refugee went in, she saw that there were flowers
painted on the walls. The little refugee lay on the bed to rest. Then, she ate two
yoghurts she found in the fridge and a whole pineapple she saw on the table, and
continued the journey.
5. The little refugee, along with other little refugees, arrives in a forest to relax and cut
fruit. There, they see an amazing house. They make a wish for the door to open and
it opens immediately. They realize that the house is magical. They see a fountain in
the garden changing colors and find paintings for the children to paint. They wish
they could stay in this house and have lots of books and toys, and their wish comes
true! The last wish made by the little refugee was for all the children to have many
pairs of shoes, one for winter, another for spring, another for summer, and another
for autumn.
6. The little refugee likes her new homeland, which is England. Her cousin has also
gone there and they spend time together. She has dolls that talk; they say what the
little refugee wants them to. In England, the little refugee finds telescopes to look at
the planets. She also buys antiques to decorate her house. She cannot find one pink and white flower, which she had in her homeland. Whenever the little refugee
remembers her mother, she cries. But because she arranges to go out, she quickly
stops crying to get ready.
7. The little refugee is in Greece. She goes to a shop that has a beautiful doll and they
play “family” with a little boy. They have the doll for their baby. The little refugee
lost her family when her house was destroyed. On the day the little refugee has her
birthday, the boy she plays with in the shop gets some money from his dad and gives
the little refugee the doll as a gift. Whenever the little refugee remembers her old
life, she feels sad. She then thinks of her friend and feels happy.
8. The little refugee is happy because she can play “He loves me, he loves me not”
about her old garden with the flowers and then throw the flowers high in the air and
feel them fall on her. She looks out of the window at the children in the square and
greets them. She has made five friends. She plays with them when she finds their
games easy. In difficult games, such as “tag”, she does not play because she is afraid
of being hit. An easy game is when they play “family” or when they play “the sun,
the earth, and other planets.” The little refugee wears clothes embroidered with
threads the colors of the earth, so the other kids always ask the little refugee to play
the role of Earth.
9. The little refugee girl came to stay in a castle near our school. This castle was built
for a man who wanted to give it to his wife as a present for her birthday, because
the castle they lived in was old. Because the girl’s garden in her own home had
withered, she was crying and this man and his wife felt sorry for her and invited her
to stay with them. The new castle has a garden with poppies, an apple tree,
ladybugs and snails, which the little girl really likes. But also inside the castle they
have vases with the most beautiful pink roses, with raindrops. The woman buys new
roses every Wednesday at the street market. A pilot brought Little Prince to the
castle. Now, the two children are playing together in the castle garden with balls and
other exercise equipment and when they grow up they will come to our school too.
10. The little refugee girl met a boy from our class at a children’s hospital. The boy did
stunts in the street and fell and broke his leg. At the hospital, they placed a splint
around his leg and put him in a wheelchair. Then, the little girl thought of helping
him. She pushed his wheelchair to her house to stay close to him until he was well
again. Then, she bought seeds. She planted them in the soil and watered them
together with the boy. So, they sprouted slowly and a garden was made. The boy
said, “This garden is perfect.” They will stay here together for a long time. But when
the sun stops burning so much, the refugee girl will return to her place to find her
things, which she has left there.
11. I found a pirate telescope on the beach. The pirate had laid it down to build a
sandcastle. When he left the beach, he forgot to take his telescope with him. I look
at the moon through this telescope. I play “Freeze” with it day and night. Then, I see
a little girl coming towards me. She is alone. I start singing and dancing the mambo
and the little girl dances with me. We dance to many songs all night. In the morning,
we lie down on the sand. We sleep all day because we are very tired. In the evening,
we start dancing again. We stay there for four days. We eat the fruit I have with me.
When we eat them all, we go to the street market. We buy fruit and toys from there to go back to the beach and continue to dance. Passing by the house where I live, I
call my parents and tell them: “Mom, dad, let me introduce you to a new friend of
mine.” They say, “Wow” and I leave with the little refugee girl for the beach again.
12. I met the little refugee girl in a shop where they sell shoes. I had gone to this store
with my mom and brother. My brother had chosen shoes and we were waiting at
the checkout. Then, the little girl came to buy shoes. She says to me: “You are very
beautiful. Do you want to be friends?” I said, “Yes.” My uncle was waiting in the car
outside the store. My mom and brother left with him and I stayed to leave with my
new friend. The little girl chose the pink shoes with butterflies on them. Then, we
walked to my house. We played with my toys and drank orange and strawberry
juice, which my mother had prepared. We slept together and the next day the little
refugee girl left for her hotel. She invited me to visit her. I went there by bus. We
played with her toys and took walks in the garden. Every Thursday or Friday that I
don’t have ballet lessons, I’ll go to the hotel and play with her.
13. I met the little refugee girl in the meadow when I went to pick flowers. I pick flowers
to decorate the vases at my mom’s restaurant. The restaurant is called “Love” and is
next to this meadow. The little refugee girl comes to the restaurant to eat her
favorite food: cooked meat and fries. When we found ourselves in the meadow, she
told me, “I took a walk here, to get some air.” She was anxious about the time. She
wanted to take the plane. She’s going to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower.
14. The little refugee girl comes to my house every day to play. She doesn’t know
anyone else here, only me. First, the little girl and I play with my dolls. Her favorite
doll is Super Diva and my favorite doll is Barbie. Then, we draw and play hide-and-
seek together in my yard. When night falls, the little refugee girl goes to bed. I have
never been to where she lives because she likes playing in my house.
E. I.
