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Fatima is a young girl working as a slave in a carpet factory.
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in the carpet factory, above where Fatima sleeps there is a slate covered in tallys. after every day Mr.Khan, the slaver, takes off one of the lines and gives Fatima one rupee. when all of the tallys are gone Fatima gets to go home.
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One day, Iqbal arrives.
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After finishing a blue, handmade carpet, Iqbal takes a knife and cuts it up into shredds.
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After that event, Iqbal gets thrown into the "tomb."
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While he is going down to the tomb, Fatima sees a look on Iqbal's face, by the look, he wants to tell her something important.
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The foreigners are coming today to buy carpets.
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M.R. Khan is being EXTREMELY generous because he gave them all a FULL breakfast!