The Puzzle of Face Towel

Written by: Najia Nijat

first Lane

Laila is drying her cloth doll with a face towel in the lane. Peddler arrives and after greeting he asked that why she is drying her cloth doll with a face towel.

Laila replies that she has washed her doll and now she is drying her. Peddler says that face towels should not be used for drying anything except the face.

Laila says that if she had a plastic doll, she would not need to dry it. Peddler says that if she finds a correct answer for the puzzle then he would give her a nice plastic doll as a gift. Laila wants to tell the puzzle. Peddler tells the following puzzle, “What is that when you dry, it gets wet?”

Laila finds some answers but the peddler doesn’t accept. Finally, she finds that the correct answer which is the towel. Peddler gives a nice plastic doll and he goes to the next lane.

Second Lane:

Emal asks the following intellectual question from his sister, Zuhra, and wants her to find the solution:

There are three brothers and each of them has a sister too. How many people are they?

Zuhra says that the total number of them is 6 persons but Emal doesn’t accept. Meanwhile, the peddler arrives and the children welcome him. The peddler asks about their argument.

Zuhra shares the intellectual question with the peddler and says that she found the correct answer but Emal doesn’t accept.

Peddler helps Zuhra to find the correct answer. Zuhra says that those three boys are brothers and they have one sister and the total number of them reaches four persons. Peddler tells them a joke as a gift and he goes to the last lane.

Third Lane:

Peddler goes to sleep under a big tree and he stands his bicycle near him. Muhib and his sister, Frishta go near and ring his bicycle bell.  Peddler wants the Golden Wing fairy to let him sleep for a while.

The children laugh and after greeting, they want him to tell them a new part of the story.

Meanwhile, the Golden Wing fairy comes and she wants the children to repeat the previous part of the story and the children repeat it.

The fairy tells them a new part of the story of Emotional Monkey.

Peddler, Golden Wing fairy, and children go to their homes.