: During the autumn harvest, she would "help" by carrying the smallest basket, singing songs to the apple trees. Elman would tell everyone in the village, "The apples are sweet because my Melek smiled at them."

Once, in a small village nestled in the green hills of Azerbaijan, lived a man named Elman. Elman was a kind-hearted man, but he often felt lonely working in his apple orchards. Everything changed the day his sister brought home a baby girl named . From the moment he saw her big, bright eyes, Elman called her "Dayısının Meleyi." A Bond Like No Other As Melek grew, she became Elman’s constant shadow.

: Elman taught her how to read the stars and the flight of the birds, while Melek taught Elman how to find wonder in the smallest things, like the sparkle of dew on a leaf. The Great Winter

: Every morning, she would run to his gate with a bunch of wildflowers she had picked.

The villagers said it wasn't the medicine that cured Elman, but the spirit of his "Angel." When he finally recovered and stepped out into the sun, he realized that she had protected his heart just as he had always promised to protect hers.