What is Addition?

   Written by: Muhammad Anwar Andar

First Lane:

Kamran asks his sister, Leeda that he has two sheep and three hen, if he collects them together, what would be the sum. Leeda says that the sum is 4 but Kamran says that 5 is correct. Peddler arrives with his rabbit and the children welcome him. Peddler asks about their argument. Kamran says that 3 hen and two sheep are equal to 5 but Leeda does not accept and she says that the sum is 4.

Peddler says hens and sheep could be added to each other because they are not of the same classes or similar and then he turns on the talking box.

A girls says: “collecting some similar together is called addition.”

A boy says: “We can add two similar things like two apples with four apples; 5 pens with 3 pens and so on but we cannot add antonymous things to each other like two books and two pencils are two books and two pencils.”

Peddler turns off the talking box. The rabbit tells them a melody about the addition equation and the children lean it. The peddler and his rabbit go to the next lane.

Second Lane:

Shukria asks Fareed about the height of the mountain in front of them. Fareed says that it’s higher than 100 stories building. Meanwhile, peddler comes and laughs. Children ask about the cause of his laughing.

Peddler says that when he saw that they are looking to the mountain, he remembers a joke about mountain. Shukria asks to tell the joke to them too.

Peddler tells the joke as follow: “A teacher asked a student about the height of the Baba Mountain. The student said that he could not see the Baba Mountain. The teacher got angry at him and asked him to stand up on his one foot. The student stood and said to the teacher that he still could not see the mountain.”

Children like the joke. Peddler asks them to find new jokes for the next time and he goes to the last lane.

Third Lane:

Zarmeena is splashing water from the stream on her brother, Atal. Peddler comes with his rabbit and they greet him. The rabbit says that she has a new puzzle for them. The children ask her to tell the puzzle.

Rabbit tells the following puzzle and asks the children to find the correct answer.

“What is that thing when you hit it, it breaks but could be recovered very soon?”

Zarmeena says that the answer is a stick but the rabbit does not accept. Atal says that it might pen but rabbit rejects his answer either. They find more answers but the rabbit does not accept. Finally Zarmeena find the correct answer which is water.

Peddler gives each of them a ball to play with their friends.