The room is crowded with eager children waiting for the puppet show to begin. Onstage is Abdulhaq Haqjoo whose puppet plays the role of a zoo owner. He has a vacancy, he says. His zoo needs a zookeeper. Where are the resumes, he demands. Haqjoo’s voice is expressive and his audience is enthralled. The applicants line up. They are all children who have come with their own puppets to demonstrate their ability to run a zoo. But none makes the grade.
In walks Charlie Chaplin — he is an Afghan but has the. . .