To find a wife, the prince made a contest (yarışma / منافسة ). He said, “Any girl in the village can be in the contest: rich or poor, short or tall, large or small!”
All the girls eagerly (hevesle / بلهفة ) came to hear about the prince’s contest. They all wanted to marry (evlenmek / للزواج ) him!
All the girls eagerly (hevesle / بلهفة ) came to hear about the prince’s contest. They all wanted to marry (evlenmek / للزواج ) him!
“I will give each girl a flower seed,” said the prince. “The girl who grows the most beautiful flower will be my wife.” 
June became July, and July became August, and, finally, August became September! When the day of the festival came there was food, music, and lots of dancing. Each girl came to the festival with her flower in a big pot. Each girl looked very beautiful and happy. Each one was sure that SHE would be the prince’s wife!
The last girl to come to the festival, however, was quiet and sad. She had only a small pot filled with soil (toprak / تربة ). On top of the earth was a seed, but no flower. The girls with beautiful flowers said to her, “Why didn’t you grow a flower from your seed?! How lazy (tembel / كسول ) you are!” The villagers laughed at her because she was not able to grow a simple flower.
The prince looked at all the flowers, smiled, and said they were very beautiful. Each girl was sure the prince would choose (seçmek / لإختيار ) her to be his wife.
Finally (en sonunda / أخيرا ), the prince came to the girl who had only a small, dry (kuru / جاف ) seed. He looked at her and smiled and said, “You will be my wife!”
No one could understand the prince’s choice (seçim / خيار )! Then the prince said to them, “I chose this girl because she is honest. The seeds I gave the girls were not good seeds. I boiled them so they would not grow. All the other girls bought their beautiful flowers at the market to trick (kandırmak için / يخدع ) me and to make me think that they grew them.”
That day, the wise (bilge / حكمة ) young prince married the poor, honest peasant girl and together they lived very happily.
* Name 3 things you learned from this story.