The Fire

 Written by: Wajiha Sayar

First Lane:

Nafisa is complaining about the cold weather. Her brother, Qudrat has collected some firewood to make fire. Jamila tells him about the arrival of the peddler. They welcome the peddler. Peddler brings out a safety match from his bag and makes a fire and children warm themselves.

Nafisa asks the peddler about their gifts. Peddler tells them a puzzle and says that if they find the answer to the puzzle, he would give them gifts.

The puzzle is: “What is that when eats wood, it gets its life and when drinks water, it dies?”

At the beginning, the find some wrong answer but finally, Nafisa finds the correct answer which is fire. Peddler gives each of them a plastic candle and then he goes to the next lane.

Second Lane:

Qudsia is swinging on a swing that is hanged on a tree and the golden leaves of the tree are falling. Qudsia’s brother, Hamid says that her fatness causes the falling of the leaves during her swinging. Meanwhile, the peddler arrives and they greet him. Peddler says that the leaves fall because it is the fall season.

Children ask about the fall season. Peddler turns on his magic talking box. Nooria says, “It is winter.” Haroon doesn’t know about this season. Haleema says, “It is fall and it is the third season of the year and it consists of three months.”

Peddler says that in the fall, the weather gets cold and the leaves become yellow and most of them fall on the ground. The peddler adds that children should wear warm clothes in this season. The peddler wants to go to another lane but Qudsia stops him and tells the following joke, “A child said to his mother that his jacket is too tight and his head could not be inter into it. His mother said that he was trying to inter his head in the jacket sleeve instead of the collar.” Peddler likes the joke and he goes to the other lane.

Third lane:

Lamia says to her brother, Samir to tell the previous part of the story, Samir says that that previous story is ended and they are waiting for peddler and Golden Wings Fairy to come and tell them a new story.

Peddler comes with the fairy and after greeting, children ask the fairy to tell then a new story.

Fairy starts the story as follows.

The Lost Necklace: part one

 One day, when Naseer and Hameeda were grazing their flock, Hameeda called to Naseer and said that some of the sheep do not eat grass. Naseer took the flock to a stream for drinking water. Meanwhile, two sheep changed their way. Naseer asked Hameeda to take care of the flock and he would return the other sheep too. When Naseer reached to pit, he saw something in the pit and cried.

End of part one.