Reconciliation

by: Abdul Sabour Janbaz

First Lane:

Jabar is angry and crying in the lane. Peddler comes and after greeting, he asks about the cause of his crying. Jabar replies that he was playing ball with Zarmena and her brother, Qais but Qais took his ball from him and excluded him from the game. Qais adds that he decided to take his brother to give them a good lesson.

Peddler wants to solve the issue himself. Jabar says that Zarmena and Qais are older than him and he could not beat them.

Peddler wants him to solve the issue by talking. Meanwhile, Qais and Zarmena come near and they welcome the peddler. Peddler asks Zarmena about the issue that took place between them and Jabar.

Zarmena replies that Jabar was cheating in the game and when Qais prevented him from cheating, Jabar hit Qais’s leg with the bat and Qais took his ball.

Peddler blames Jabar for cheating in the game. Jabar accepts his mistakes and they start their playing again and the peddler goes to the next lane.

Second Lane:

Farid asks his sister, Madina about the first letter of his name. Madina replies that his name starts with “F”. Peddler arrives and they welcome him.

 Peddler asks about their argument. Madina says that Farid asked her to tell the first letter of his name and she told that the first letter of his name is “F”. Madina adds that now she wants her gift.

Peddler says that he would tell them a puzzle and if anyone finds the correct answer, he will give him/her a gift.

Children want him to tell the puzzle. Peddler asks the correct answer for the following puzzle,  “What is that thing which exists in the eye and ear but not in the mouth.” Children find some answers but the peddler doesn’t accept.

Finally, they find the correct answer which is the letter of “E”. The peddler gives them some fried peas for eating and when he wants to go to the next lane, Madina stops him and tells a joke. Peddler likes the joke and wants the children to learn more jokes for next time and he goes to another lane.

Third Lane:

Halim and Nadia are waiting for the peddler and Golden Wing fairy to come and tell them a new story.

Golden Wing fairy comes with the peddler and the children welcome them.

Nadia breaks her pencil and throws it away.

The peddler asks her why she broke her pencil. Nadia replies that her pencil was out of use.

Golden Wing fairy says that she would tell them a story about a pencil and she starts the story, “ Emil was very interested in drawing but he was always drawing with a pen. His teacher wanted him to draw with a pencil but Emil said that he did not like the pencil because it doesn’t have nice color and it would be broken soon.

 The king of the pencils ordered to the other pencils that no pencil should work in Emal’s hand.

One day a contest was held in their village. The condition of the contest was drawing should be with a pencil. Emal took his sister, Farida’s pencil

When Emal was drawing with the pencil, the pencil was not working and if Farida was drawing with the same pencil, it was working well.

The brother and sister were astonished and they did not know about the cause of this issue. Meanwhile, they heard a strange voice….”