The Teacher

 Written by: Mohammad Anwar Andar

First Lane:

Hadia and Khaibar are playing the role of a teacher and a student. Meanwhile, peddler comes and they greet him. The peddler asks them about the play.

Hadia says that Khaibar was playing the role a teacher and she was a student.

Khaibar says that Hadia doesn’t accept the order of her teacher. Hadia says that Khaibar wanted her to bring a glass of water from home but she refused and said that the teachers do not have the right to order the students to do his private works.

Peddler brings out a magic book from the bag and the book tells about the responsibilities of a teacher.

The magic book says:

The teachers teach students to learn their lessons. They check the cleanliness of students and arrange them in the class. They also assign Homework to the students, check the attendance books if any student is absent and take the exams. If a student has difficulty in the lesson, they would help him/her. The teachers are the employees of the government and the government pay them a salary. The teachers also have to attend the school regularly and do not have the right to ask the students to do any work outside school activities.

The book inters back to the bag. Khaibar and Hadia learn about the jobs of the teacher. Peddler goes to another alley.

Second Lane:

Shekaib wants Najiba to tell him a poem(melody?) Peddler arrives and they greet him. Najeeba says that she has learnt a new poem about the teacher.

Peddler asks her to tell the poem. Najeeba tells the poem. Peddler likes it and asks Najeeba and Shekaib to tell the poem to their friends too. Najeeba asks the peddler to give their gifts.

Peddler says the following joke as a gift to them:

 One day a teacher asks Lima to draw a car and a road on the board.

Lima draws a road. The teacher asks that where the car is.

Lima says that while you were busy, the car crossed the road.

Peddler likes the joke and asks them to learn more joke for next time and he goes to the lane of story.

The Lane of Story:

Helai and Ramazan are waiting for Peddler to come and tells them the last episode of the story ” The Letter”.

Peddler comes and after greeting, he asks the children to repeat the previous episode of the story.

Helai says that When the dog reaches home, Malalai was busy in sweeping the yard. Malalai saw that a letter was hanging around the dog’s neck. She opened the letter but could not read it and threw it in the garbage.

Peddler says that Toorialai sees some people nearby and asks them to help his father. The people bring out Toorialai’s father leg from the canal.

Last Episode:

Malai hears a noise of people in the alley. She shares the issue with her mother. Meanwhile, a group of people brings Toorialai’s father to his home.  Malalai and her mother become sad.

Toorialai tells the whole story to them and says that he had hanged a letter around the dog’s neck and had asked to help us.

Malalai says that as she doesn’t know to write and read, she threw the letter in the garbage.

Malalai’s mother says that if Toorialai had allowed Malalai to the school, they would not have faced such problem.

Toorialai promises to allow Malalai to school and he would help him in her school’s lesson.