The Game of Wolf and Lamb

     Written by:  Wajiha Sayar

First Lane:

Najeba and Mirwais are in the alley. Mirwais shows a picture of some children on a paper to Najeba. Najiba says that these children have taken hands to each other. Meanwhile, peddler arrives and the children greet him. Najiba shows the picture to the peddler.

Peddler says that these children are playing the game of a Wolf and a Lamb.

Mirwais asks about the game. Peddler says that some children give hands to each other and make a circle. They chose one child as a wolf and one as a lamb. They keep the lamb in the middle of the circle. The wolf comes and wants to enter into the circle and reaches himself to the lamb but the children of the circle do not let the wolf to enter the circle. If the wolf reaches to the lamb, the game overs and they start the game from the beginning.

Mirwais and Najeba learn the game and thank the peddler. Peddler goes to the next alley.

Second Lane:

Sayeda and Khaibar are waiting for the peddler to come and Sayeda would tell a new joke to him.

Peddler arrives and they greet him. Khaibar says to the peddler that Sayeda has learned a new joke. Peddler asks her to tell the joke to him too.

Sayeda says the following joke: “one day, a guest went to a greedy man’s house in the lunchtime. The greedy man did not want the guest to take lunch with him. The greedy man asked the guest if he drinks green tea or black tea. The guest says that he drinks green tea before meal and black tea after the meal.”

The peddler likes the jokes and he said that he would tell them a puzzle, if anyone find the correct answer, he would give her/him a gift. The puzzle is as follow: “what is that which itself is water and its enemy is also the water?”

Khaibar and Sayeda find some answers but peddler does not accept. Finally, Sayeda successes to find the correct answer which is a piece of ice. Peddler gives them a toy car to each of them and he goes to the alley of the story.

Third Lane:

Adila and Aman are waiting for the peddler to come and tells them a new story. Adila hears the sound of the flute of the peddler. She asks Aman to go with her toward the peddler.

They greet the peddler and asks him to tell them a new story because the story of “Lie” finished last time.

Peddler says that the new story is about the contaminated water and he starts the story as follow:

Contaminated Water:

Once upon a time, there was a boy, Faheem and his sister Sana were living in a nice and green village. There was a water ditch near the village. Sana and Faheem were always playing near the ditch. One day Faheem became sick.

First Part:

Fahim was crying and went home. Her mother asked him the reason. Fahim said that his body is burning and itching. Fahim’s sister, Sana said to her mother that her father is not at home to take Fahim to the doctor. Fahim’s mother saw that small rashes appeared on Fahim’s body. Meanwhile, Fahim’s father came and Sana shared the issue with him.

Fahim’s father took Fahim to the clinic.

(End of the first part.)