Pumpkin Benefits

Written by: Arash Nangyal

First Lane:

Nasim is angry with his mother and he goes outside of the home. Her sister, Ayesha wants her to go back home but he doesn’t accept. Meanwhile, the peddler arrives and after greeting, he asks about Nasim’s displeasure.

Ayesha replies that her mother has cooked pumpkin but Nasim doesn’t like it and now he is angry with his mother.

Peddler says that if Nasim knows about the benefits of squash, he would never miss eating squash.

Ayesha asks about its benefits. The peddler brings out the magic mirror from the bag and a big pumpkin appears on the mirror. The pumpkin talks about its benefits. It says that pumpkin provides numerous health benefits. This vegetable is high in vitamins A, B6, K, and C, magnesium, fiber, phosphorus, and potassium. Vitamin A improves eyesight. Vitamin C helps in recovering the common cold and fever.  Vitamin K strengthens the bones of the human body.

Pumpkin disappears from the mirror. Nasim promises that he would eat pumpkin afterward. Peddler gives them a pumpkin to cook it at home and he goes to the next lane.

Second Lane:

Lima and Najiba are arguing in the lane. Peddler comes and they welcome him. The peddler asks about their argument.

Lima complains to the peddler that Najiba doesn’t want to play with her in the lane due to the cold weather.

Peddler says that when he was a child, he had been playing the full or empty game with his friends.

The children ask about the game. Peddler wants Najiba to sit on one side and Najiba to the other side. Then the peddler gives a ring to Lima to put it in her fist behind her back and then she should close her both fists and then she would ask Najiba bout the fist that has the ring in it. Najiba would point to a hand and say that this hand is empty and the other hand is full.

If her answer is wrong, Lima would get 5 scores and she would continue the game till Najiba finds the correct hand and this time Najiba would proceed with the game. Anyone or any group who gets more scores would be the winner of the game.

Third Lane:

Hashim has learned a new joke. His sister, Khalida wants him to tell the joke to her but Hashim says that when the peddler comes, he would tell it.

Peddler arrives and the children welcome him.

Khalida says to the peddler that Hashim has learned a new joke. Peddler wants him to tell the joke. Hashim tells the joke and the peddler likes it. Khalida also tells the following joke, “A girl puts on her new shirt and told her mother that the collar of the shirt is too tight that she could breathe. Her mother said that the collar is not tight, but she entered his head into a sleeve.”

Peddler likes the joke and he wants the children to learn more jokes for next time.

Fourth Lane:

Jamila and Saboor are waiting for the peddler and Golden Wing fairy to come and tell them a new part of the story.

The Golden Wing fairy comes with the peddler and she wants them to repeat the previous part. They did and the fairy tells the second part of the serial story.