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Esma and Serpil are two little girls who are at the age of eight-nine, living in a village of Bingöl, a province in Eastern Anatolia. Serpil likes to read books and Esma is very much keen on drawing pictures while listening to the stories in the books that Serpil reads to her. They buy the book of Jules Verne “Five Weeks with The Balloon”.
Serpil can only read the book sparing time from house work and also likes telling the parts she reads to Esma. The more Serpil tells about the book the more they are amazed about Africa together with Esma. Serpil tells Esma she learned from her teacher that the children in Africa are dying of hunger. Esma thinks the English did not tell the place of the Gold Mountain to the African natives. Even though the African children are not aware of Serpil and Esma, the girls now know about them. Serpil and Esma think that it is their responsibility to show the African children the place of the Gold Mountain and save them from hunger. With their childish imagination and desire to help they take off very early in the morning from their village and take on an exciting adventure. This adventure of wanting to save the hungry children in Africa comes to an end when the girls feel exhausted and hungry themselves. They decide to return home and help the African children after growing up!
