Biting Nails

Written by: Abdul Saboor Janbaz

Zarmena and Yusuf are playing in the lane. Zarmena sees that Yusuf is biting his nails. She prevents but Yusuf doesn’t care what she says. Meanwhile, peddler comes and they welcome him. Peddler asks them about their argument. Zarmena shares the issue biting nails of Yusus.

The peddler says that nail biting is a bad habit and is harmful to health, and then he takes a magic mirror out of his bag. The peddler says there may be a lot of germs under our fingernails. When these germs enter the body, the chances of getting the disease increase significantly.

Yusuf and Zarman ask for a solution. The peddler suggests that he should cut his nails regularly, and then the peddler wraps a cloth around Yusuf's nails, saying that when Yusuf wants to bite his nails, he remembers the harms of this bad habit. The children thank the peddler for his suggestion.

When the peddler wants to go to the next lane, Zarmena stops him and she tells the following joke, “A passenger was hungry and went to a restaurant. The waiter asked about his order. The traveler replied to bring him fifty fried eggs.

The passenger ate all the eggs and asked the waiter what they had to drink. Since the waiter had seen him eating a lot, he asked him to be patient until it rains and floods after a few hours."

The peddler likes the joke and wants the children to learn more jokes next time and then he goes to the next lane.”

Second lane:

Tawab and Tabasum are repeating the words that start with "p". The peddler arrives and says after the greeting he says that he heard that they have already learned all the words that start with 'P'."

The peddler asks them to find the words that start with "t" and he wants Tawab to find the 3 words that start with "t".Tawab says that Tabasum, time and tears begin with "t". Tabassum says that Tawab, table and torch start with "t". The peddler praises each of them by giving a gift and goes the another lane.