 Dime is eager to see the blockbuster Fireworld. When his father drives Dime, Mali and Filis to the theater, Filis unfortunately falls sick and they have to go back home. Nerjuz, the Roma woman who cleans the building where Dime lives, gives Filis traditional herbal medicine and reassures Dime that Filis will soon feel better, but Dime insults Nerjus by calling her and her medicine "backwards" and "behind the times." He insists that modern medicine would be better. Karmen threshes Dime to a local hospital in the 1940s, when most medicines were still traditional. By helping a doctor Dime learns that traditional medicines are neither "backwards" nor ineffective. When he s threshed back, Dime find that Filis is feeling much better - and ready for Fireworld.