A woman places fresh bread from a tandoor on a broom while checking on her crying child. A cat steals the bread while she is away. Her husband beats her because of this incident. The woman seeks justice by going to a judge. The judge eventually pardons the husband, though he was nearly imprisoned for the act over a piece of bread. The woman worries about her child being left without a father. The cost of this legal process reveals that the cat was not the real thief.