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Katie, Mike, and Harold were in the library, talking about a project about Turkey. Mr. Carlton, their teacher, said they could choose any topic for their project, but it should be about Turkey. Betty's group is doing their project about the geography of Turkey, said Katie. Harold was reading about Turkey on a website. The history of Turkey is very interesting. It was part of the Ottoman Empire. Freddy's group's doing their project about that, said Katie. What about science? No, said Harold. He didn't like science. Katie looked at her timetable. The project's for Friday, she said. Let's hurry up. Katie had an idea. Our project can be about Turkish literature. I'm sure that Turkey has lots of stories and myths. These can teach us a lot about a place. Great idea! We should find one on the Internet. Mr. Carlton likes us to use IT, said Mike. Why don't we do something original, like rewrite the story as a poem? I'm good at writing poems, said Katie. Mike's good at art. He can draw the pictures. And you're good at acting, Harold. You can read it to the class. Perfect, said Mike. So that's what they did. A mouse came out of his hole in the ground, into the sunlight, and looked around. He saw that a camel was walking by, with rope around it. The mouse didn't know why. So he took the rope, and feeling happy, he pulled the camel along, singing loudly. But soon they came to a river wide, and the mouse felt sick and strange inside. Oh, please, Mr. Camel, please help me. I don't like water, as you can see. So the camel told the mouse to jump onto his back and sit on his hump. But when they got to the other side, he said, Get off! That's the end of your ride! And understand, you silly little thing, that in the desert, the camel is king! Their project was a great success. Everyone loved it.