Ismat the shoemaker is a happy, contented sort and on the occasion of Eid, decides to buy his family special gifts. He is persuaded by the shopkeeper to buy a pair of trousers for himself but there is only the one last pair on the shelves, and it’s too long. Long trousers can always be shortened, can’t they?So Ismat takes his gifts home. Eid arrives, and with it comes a shock and a surprise.