The Straight Line

  Written by: Muhammad Anwar Andar

First Lane:

Laila and Haseeb are playing in the alley. Haseeb is drawing some lines on the ground and says that he is drawing their fort but Laila says that the lines of the drawing are crooked. Meanwhile, peddler arrives and they welcome him.

Peddler asks about Haseeb’s business. Haseeb says that he is drawing his fort but Laila says that the lines of the walls are slanted.

Peddler says that some lines are straight but the others are not. Haseeb asks the peddler about the straight line.

The rabbit comes out from the bag with two nails, a hammer, and a string.

The rabbit gives one nail to Haseeb and the other to Laila and asks them to hammer them into the ground. they did. Then the rabbit ties one side of the string to one nail and the other side to the other nail. The rabbit says that the line between two nails is like a straight line and she adds that the line that is extending uniformly in one direction only; without a curve or bend, is called a straight line.

Haseeb says that the ruler is like a straight line and Laila says that the pencil is also straight. The peddler appreciates them and the rabbit tells a melody about the straight line as a gift and she wants them to learn it. The peddler and rabbit go to the next alley.

Second Lane:

Fatima wants her brother, Mirwais to play with her but Mirwais says that he doesn’t know any new game.

Peddler comes and they warmly welcome him.

peddler asks their business. Mirwais says that they want to play a new game but they don't know any.

Peddler turns on his talking box. A girl tells the following joke:

“a teacher asked a student about the benefit of carrots. The student said that eating carrots has benefit for eyes of rabbits. The teacher asked the reason. The student said that rabbits always eat carrots and no one has seen yet a rabbit to put on glasses.”

The children like the joke. Peddler goes to the story alley.

Story Lane:

Atal and Shafiqa are waiting for the peddler to come and tell them a new story. Peddler arrives with the Golden Hair Fairy. Children welcome them and ask peddler to tell them a new story.

The Golden Hair Fairy starts the story as follow:

A Kind Rabbit:

once upon a time, there was a big and cruel rabbit, Long Ear living in a jungle with other rabbits. She was always oppressing other small rabbits.

First Part:

One day, the Long Ear rabbit went out of her house and she was singing a song with herself. Sometimes she was holding one rabbit's tail and sometimes another. Sometimes she was stealing carrots from the rabbits and sometimes she was beating them without any reason.

The rabbits did not want to visit Long Ear so they were always changing their way. When Long Ear was calling to a rabbit, she was not eager to play with her and was running from her. The Long Ear decided to take revenge from them.

End of Part One.