Itse mounts an exhibit of a traditional Turkish shadow puppet theater in Skopje's old bazaar. Although his effort is supported by an old Turkish friend of his grandfather's, Itse encounters fairly stiff and at times hostile resistance from younger Turkish kids. They are mostly upset by the fact their Turkish culture is being represented by someone who's not Turkish. Almost ready to give up, Itse accepts Jeylan's advice and holds the exhibit anyway. Although only a few Turkish kids come, Itse manages to show that different ethnicities in Macedonia share many common cultural values that bear similar importance for all of them.
Dibek is a neighborhood bully. Every day he threatens and takes money from Elvis' friend David. David is too frightened to stand up to Dibek or even to tell anybody about what is happening. When Elvis finds out, he tries to protect David and responds to Dibek with the kind of violence that Dibek uses against his "victims". David realizes that Elvis beating up Dibek is not going to solve the problem, and he musters the courage to tell the head of his orphanage what's going on. The kids realize not only that violence begets more violence, but that you have to speak up in the face of injustice.
Beni wants to become a DJ at a local radio station, but the owner thinks he's too immature for the job. At the same time, Beni has to take care of his niece Arta, and tries to get Mali to help out. Mali finds Arta too little to play with, and is much more interested in Beni's radio job than in "babysitting". All three try to get what they want by pretending to be, and trying to act, older than they really are - but all their tactics backfire. When Arta gets into trouble at school, Beni finally gets a chance to demonstrate his true level of responsibility, which then opens an opportunity for him to try for the DJ job. Beni, Arta, and Mali see that it's not always age, but maturity that matters.
On his birthday, Ivan accidentally finds out he's been adopted. He has a terrible internal conflict between his feelings for the only parents he's ever known and his desire to find out as much as possible about his past. In his emotional confusion, he decides he was abandoned and that he needs to leave "home" to discover his true identity. Itse tries to explain to Ivan that parents sometimes don't know the best way to share difficult information with their children. He needs to understand that his mother and father are the two people who raised him. Ivan eventually traces the story of his birth parents to a village but feels bittersweet satisfaction about this discovery. He does, however, realize that parents are those people who love and take care of you.
Erol, a 13-year-old Turkish boy, moves to "our neighborhood". His misses his old friends and is worried that the kids in his new neighborhood won't accept him because he's Turkish. So he lies, saying he's Macedonian and that his name is Igor. Mali and other kids invite him to join them and Erol/Igor thinks he's managed to fool them. When Filis comes to Erol's apartment to welcome the new Turkish family, things get more complicated. "Erol" goes missing, and the kids (including "Igor") are sent out to find him. Erol finally reveals to everyone that he's not Igor and explains why he lied to them. He discovers that the kids are willing to accept him for who he really is.
Karmen wants to make sure that her protégées have learned how to deal with everyday problems. She probes their ability to apply their knowledge to issues raised by some younger kids in the neighborhood. As each of the older Nashe Maalo kids is confronted by a problem, s/he recounts to the younger child an earlier occasion when something similar happened. Karmen's past advice and the lessons learned from previous adventures are recalled through flashbacks. In this way, Karmen's kids demonstrate that they are now able to mentor and help the younger Nashe Maalo generation.