"Then this morning I heard about Hari's new baby," Indir says, coming inside to meet the new baby. The next day, we see Durga and Indir wandering back to the home, and Indir tells everyone that she's been at Raju's. We see Sarbajaya lying down with a pained expression on her face, as two women watch over her. Her father, Hari, wanders around in a hallway, looking outside expectantly. That night, we see Durga in bed next to one of the kittens. She sweeps the courtyard as her mother ordered. "Let her go, Durga," Sarbajaya yells, and Durga wanders back home. Indir wanders into the forest, but Durga runs to her and tries to stop her from leaving. She rants and leaves the premises with a bag, as Sarbajaya watches, resigned. Indir goes into a nearby building and grabs a bag, which she throws out the door and onto one of the kittens. As Sarbajaya rants, complaining that she's housed Indir for eight years, Indir walks away. "You think you can do as you please, living with us," Sarbajaya says, and continues to scold her, threatening to throw her out if she doesn't stop stealing. Sarbajaya tells the woman, whose name is Indir Thakrun, that she is spoiling Durga by eating the fruit Durga brings her. We see the older woman spitting some of her beverage out, then going to talk to Sarbajaya. As the older woman watches, Durga pulls out a piece of fruit and Sarbajaya tells her to bring it back to her aunt, then come and sweep. Reluctantly, Durga goes to Sarbajaya, who asks whether she stole anything from her aunt's garden. Sarbajaya calls to Durga and asks to talk to her. The older woman turns to the girl, whose name is Durga, and tells her she should have saved some food for her. The scene shifts and we see the young girl sitting with an older woman who is eating. When Sarbajaya pulls a bucket with water from the well, a woman working with her tells her that she shouldn't do so in her condition, but she insists. She complains that the girl is a daughter of Hari, and "won't leave a single fruit on the tree." The girl's mother, Sarbajaya, stands nearby, listening to the conversation, looking distressed. We once again see the woman who saw the girl stealing wringing out laundry and complaining that with no gate to the orchard, thieves can just wander in. After she's done this, she goes over to a basket and one-by-one pulls out several kittens. The girl goes into a walled home and puts some of her stolen fruit in a basket, then pours some water into a bowl. The girl runs through the forest, but when she sees a woman walking by, crouches, before escaping by running away. We see a woman tending to a plant and then bowing her head in prayer, before noticing a girl in the nearby forest who she scolds for stealing fruit from her family. A song plays on the sitar as the film begins. The film's title, Pather Panchali, translates into English as "The Song of the Road," and the story is based on a novel by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee.
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