The Door

Written by: Najia Nijat

First Lane:

Lailoma wants to play with her brother, Naseem but she doesn’t know what to play. Meanwhile, they hear the voice of the peddler in the lane and they go out and welcome the peddler.

Lailoma says to the peddler that she and Naseem are bored at home and they don’t know what to play.

Peddler turns on his mobile phone and plays the recorded voice of a boy. The boys tell the following puzzle:

“A black duck is sinking in the water.” Peddler wants the children to find the correct answer to the mentioned puzzle.

Lailoma and Naseem find some answers but the peddler doesn’t accept. Finally, Lailoma finds the correct answer which is the rubber bucket. Peddler appraises them and he goes to the next lane.

Second Lane:

Assad and Walwala hear the voice of the peddler and they want to go and welcome the peddler. Assad bangs the door. Walwala gets angry and wants him to close the door slowly. Meanwhile, the peddler arrives and after greeting, he asks about their argument.Walwala says that most of the time Assad keeps the door of the room open and if someone wants him to close the door, he bangs the door but Assad doesn’t blame himself for this issue.

The peddler brings out his magic mirror from his bag. Assad and Walwala see Jawid’s home.

Jawid’s mother is in the kitchen and Jawid is singing a song to his small brother. His sister wants him to give the baby to his mother and she wants Jawid to play with her but Jawid denies and says that the weather is cold and the baby might become ill. Meanwhile, his mother wants Jawid to take the baby to her. Jawid takes the baby to his mother but he leaves the door open.

The next day, the baby becomes ill and his mother takes him to the doctor. The doctor says that the baby became sick due to cold weather but the mother says that she always keeps the door of the room close.

Jawid says to his mother that he has left the door of the room open.

The peddler closes the magic mirror. Assad accepts his mistake and promises that he would not bang the door nor leave it open.

Peddler appraises him and brings out the talking box from his bag. A boy, Waak tells the following joke, “A boy went to a doctor and said that he could not go to sleep at night. The doctor wanted him to count numbers from 1 to 100 thousand. The boy counted the mentioned numbers until the morning.”

Children like the joke and the peddler goes to the other lane.

Third Lane:

Hosai and Usman are repeating the previous part of the story of “A piece of Dry Curd”. Peddler and Golden Wing fairy come and listen to the story and the fairy tell them a new part of the story.