On the fourth day after the new year I heard my father give a sharp cry of surprise as we sat together at the breakfast-table. There he was, sitting with a newly opened envelope in one hand and five dried orange pips in the outstretched palm of the other one. He had always laughed at what he called my cock-and-bull story about the colonel, but he looked very scared and puzzled now that the same thing had come upon himself.

The " TİYDEM English Language Club" series includes classical and contemporary literary works adapted for the purpose of teaching English. Designed to help learners of English the "TİYDEM English Language club" series of books start with 300 basic words at the first level increasing to 3000 words at the sixth level.