Two Umbrellas
An illustrated story by Paper Comet · Romance · Anime · All ages · English, Turkish
Two strangers keep swapping identical yellow umbrellas at a rainy ferry stop, and start writing to each other.
Every rainy morning at the Kadıköy pier, Deniz and Emre leave identical yellow umbrellas in the same stand, and one morning they grab the wrong ones. A note tied to the handle starts a week of letters carried back and forth by the umbrellas, watched over by Hasan Amca, the simit seller who sees everything. On Friday, Emre writes: "I'll be the one without an umbrella."
Characters
- Deniz (Illustrator): A twenty-six-year-old illustrator who commutes by ferry and sketches everyone she sees.
- Emre (Cellist): A twenty-eight-year-old orchestra cellist who is always slightly late.
- Hasan Amca (Simit seller): The simit seller at the pier for thirty years, who notices everything.
Episode 1: A Week of Rain
Two umbrellas get swapped, notes start travelling between them, and on Friday the writers finally meet.
Kadıköy, Monday. Rain, again.
Hasan Amca: Two yellow umbrellas... this will be trouble.
Deniz: "To whoever has my umbrella: it leaks. Sorry!"
Deniz: Your umbrella leaked. I fixed it. — D.
Emre: She drew a seagull... holding an umbrella?
All week, the umbrellas carried their letters.
Hasan Amca: Why don't you two just say hello?
Deniz: "Friday, 6 pm. I'll be the one without an umbrella."
Emre: What if she doesn't come?
Deniz: You really came without an umbrella.
Emre: I hoped someone would share.
Two umbrellas. One was enough.
Hasan Amca: I'll keep the spare!