Polished Shoes

    Written by: Muhammad Anwar Andar

First Lane:

Halima wants Muzamil to play with him in the ditch water. Halima does not accept. Muzamil goes near to the ditch and pushes stone by his foot to open the way for the ditch water.  Halima prevents him from playing in the ditch and says that his shoes become dirty with the mud but Muzamil denies.

Peddler arrives and they welcome him. Halima asks peddler to watch Muzamil’s shoes which are dirty with mud.

Peddler asks the reason. Muzamil says that he wanted to make a way for ditch water. Peddler says that playing with shoes in the mud, might reduce shoes life and then he turns on a talking box.

A student says: "I don’t pay attention to my shoes. Somedays I leave them under the rain."

Another student says: "I always walk with my shoes in the water, therefore my shoes get old very soon."

Peddler closes the talking box. Halima says that Muzamil never pays attention to his shoes.

Peddler says that if anyone polishes and keeps clean his/her shoes, the shoes might last for a long time.

Muzamil promises to pay attention to his shoes afterwards. Peddler gives them a bottle of shoe cream and a brush as gifts and he goes to another lane.

Second Lane:

Razia and Sharif are playing in the alley. Razia says that she has learnt a new joke. Sharif wants her to tell him too but Razia says that she wants to tell the joke to the peddler.

Peddler arrives and they greet him. Sharif says to the peddler that Razia knows a new joke. Peddler asks Razia to tell the joke. Razia says: “a boy went to a shop and wanted to buy a pair of shoes. He tried many pairs of shoes but none of them were fixed to his feet. Finally, a pair of shoes were fixed and asked the price of them. The shopkeeper said that these shoes are free of charge. The boy asked the reason. The shopkeeper said that you have put on your own shoes.”

Peddler likes the jokes and goes to the next alley.

Third Lane:

Obaid and Najia are waiting for the peddler to come and tell them the fourth episode of Rashid Story.

Peddler arrives and greets the children. Najia asks the peddler to tell the next episode of the story. Peddler asks about the previous episode.

Najia says that in the previous episode the magician went somewhere and asked them to do something for her fever and she would decide later to release them or not.

Obaid says that Shah Perai wanted to clean magician’s house. She saw a big toy monkey. When she went near it, the monkey said that he was a boy and when he did not accept her mother order, the magician changed him into a toy monkey.

Najia said that a Doll said that she was a girl and she came to magician’s garden without her mother permission, the magician changed her into a doll.

Shah Perai started crying and said to Rashid that the magician might change them into toys too.

Obaid said that the doll said: “the magician has put his talisman in something in the tower. If anyone could find it, we all would be released from her prison.”

Fourth Episode of Rashid Story:

Peddler says that Rashid and Shah Perai cleaned the magician’s tower and arranged everything. They washed the fruits and put them in a tray. Meanwhile, Rashid saw a golden fish in a jar. Rashid brought out the fish from the jar and left it again. The magician came and changed Rashid into a cat. Shaperai cried and asked the magician to change her brother back to a human. The magician said: “if you had not done good works, I would have changed you to a doll too”. The magician went away.

Rashid wanted Shah Perai to help him to change him back to a human. Shah Perai said there is one way.

End of the episode.