Sapling

  Written by: Muhammad Anwar Andar

Bashir and Fatima have taken their herd to a pasture. Fatima asks Bashir to take care of a sheep that enters into a field.

Bashir says that he would take care of all of them but first he has to take out a sapling from the ground and make a stick to control the sheep.

Fatima stops him from taking out the sapling.

Peddler comes and they greet him. Fatima share the issue taking out a sapling from the ground.

Peddler blames him for taking out sapling from ground or breaking its branches and then he turns on talking box.

A boy says that he never breaks a sapling. Another boy says that whenever he needs a stick, he asks his older brother and he cuts a stick from a dry tree.

Bashir promises that he would never cut trees anymore. Peddler gives him a stick as a gift and goes to another lane.

Second Lane:

Osman and Tahmina are playing in the alley. Peddler comes and they greet him. Tahmina asks him to tell them a new joke. Peddler turns on tape recorder.

A girl, Shakila says to his brother, Kalim that her uncle has brought them four apples and gives two apples to Karim. Kalim says that three plus two are equal to four. Shakila says that she has aten three apples already.

Osman and Tahmina like the joke. Peddler asks them to learn more jokes and he goes to the other lane.

Third Lane:

Nadia and Karim are waiting for Peddler to come and tell them the second episode to the story.

Peddler arrives and they greet him and ask him to tell them the second episode of Rashid’s Story.

Peddler asks them to repeat the previous episode.

Nadia says that Shah Perai wanted to pick up fruits from the magician’s garden. Karim said that Rashid said that he would bring her fruits from magician’s garden.

Nadia says that when Rashid’s parents went to his aunt’ house, Rashid said that he would do something.

Peddler tells them the second episode.

Second Episode:

Rashid and Shah Perai entered to the magician’s garden through the hole in the wall. Shah Perai asks Rashid to pick up from all kinds of fruits.

Rashid picked apples first and then climbed to pear tree and picked pears.

Shah Perai saw a field of cabbage and went to pick cabbage from it. Meanwhile a terrible voice was heard which says that she senses the smell of humankind.

Rashid and Shah perai were afraid.

End of second episode.