The Bangles

 Written by: Najia Nijat

First Lane:

Lema is sitting under a tree in she is murmuring a poem with herself. Madina comes and says that she wants to learn the poem and asks her to repeat the poem about bangles. Meanwhile, the peddler comes and they welcome him. Peddler asks about their business. Madina says that Lema has learned a poem about bangles.

Peddler asks Lema to tell the poem for them too. Lema tells the whole poem.

Peddler likes it and he tells the following joke as a gift to them: “An old man was carrying bangles on his donkey's back. A policeman hit on one side of the load by a stick and asked the old man that what he has in his load.

The old man replied that if he beats the other side of the load, then he has nothing.”

The children like the joke and the peddler goes to the next lane.

Second Lane:

Nooria says that her father has gone to abroad one week ago. Emal asks how many days are in a week. Nooria replies that she doesn’t know either and adds that she heard from her mother.

Peddler arrives and greets the children. Emal shares the issue with the peddler. Peddler turns on his talking box.

Shaima, a resident of Kabul city says that one week is ten days. A boy, Atal says that one week is 7 days but Frishta says that one week is 5 days.

Peddler turns off the talking box.

Nooria asks that whose answer was correct. Peddler says that Atal’s answer is correct that one week is 7 days and he gives a small calendar to each of the children to find the names of the days of the week and he goes to the last lane.

Third Lane:

Abid and Naseema are waiting in the lane for the peddler and fairy to come and tell a new part of the story: Birds Nest.

Naseema says that she hears the voice of the flute. Abid and Naseema go toward the peddler and they greet him and asks about Golden Wing fairy. Meanwhile, Fairy comes down on the ground and she welcomes the children.

Naseema asks her to tell them a new part of the story.

Fairy asks them to retell her the previous part first. Naseema and Abid tell the previous part as follow.

When Haidar and Haroon went to the pasture, Haidar asked Haroon to enter his hand in the wall’s hole. Haidar says that there is wasps' nest. Haidar said that he has destroyed the wasps' nest and he entered his hand in the wall’s hole and said happily that there are four now. Haroon asked about it. Haidar asked him to check them himself. When Haidar entered his hand, he said that the bird has laid four eggs.”

Golden Wing fairy says that Haroon wanted to take the eggs but Hairdar prevented him and asked him to wait that the eggs change into chicks.

They were checking the eggs every day. One day, when Haidar entered his hand into the birds' nest, he felt that there were some soft things.

Part Four:

Haidar says to Haroon that chicks were hatched from eggs. Haroon became happy. Haidar asked that how could they bring them out of the nest because the hole in the wall was so small. Haidar added if they bring out the chicks, they might die. Haroon said that he knows what to do. He cut a stick from a tree and widen the hole of the wall. Haidar entered his hand into the hole to bring out the chicks and suddenly he cried. Haidar cried too and said that a snake bit Haidar.

When the nearest people heard Haroon's crying, they came and took Haidar into the clinic. The doctor of the clinic brought out the poison from Haidar’s hand and saved his life. Haidar and Haroon promised that they would never annoy birds anymore.