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Chapter One:
Dawan and Kwai sat on the rickety old bridge above the river
Dawan asked Kwai what would he do if he got the scholarship
Dawan felt that she would not get the scholarship because she is a girl, instead Kwai might
get the scholarship
Talked about how unfair it is that the sacks of rice stacked up beneath the house is for the
tax collector
Their parents thought that it was foolish and wasteful to send girls to school
Chapter Two:
Teacher asked students what they saw beneath their house in the morning
Had a long discussion with the students about the landlord taking away sacks of rice beneath
their houses
A student spotted the headmaster heading to their class and the student shouted "he's
coming"
Teacher and student immediately pretended that they are having Geography lessons until
the headmaster went away
Teacher and student discussed what they should do if they won the scholarship
Teacher announced that Dawan won the scholarship
Chapter Three:
Classmates surrounded Dawan as soon as they heard that she won the scholarship
Kwai was unhappy and sad that Dawan won the scholarship instead of him
Dawan told her family that she got the scholarship and that made her parents angry. Her
father was especially angry and said that she took her own brother's chance away from him.
Dawan and her grandmother headed to Noi's house and halfway, Dawan's mother decided
to go with Dawan instead of her grandmother
Chapter Four:
Army officer made deal with Noi's family in order not to bring Ghan to the army
Chapter Five:
Kwai realised that Noi and Ghan do not support Dawan in going to the city
Kwai came in second in the examination
Chapter Six:
Kwai asked his father if he had won the scholarship, would he allow him to go to the city
Kwai's dad thought that boys going to the city to futher his studies would be better than girls
Chapter Seven:
Dawan went to the marketplace alone and met a girl that sells lotus bud and caged sparrows
Dawan realised that the girl, Bao, was the sister of her classmate
Chapter Eight:
Old monk does not really see why Dawan should go to the city school
Chapter Nine:
Bao's brother, Vichai, came to the market stall and hit her because she freed a bird for free
After realising that Bao knew about what happened between Dawan and Kwai, Kwai wanted
to slap Bao
Kwai pushed Dawan away when she tried to stop Kwai, unfortunately she landed on top of a
pile of broken bird cages, injuring herself
Kwai was thinking about Dawan's words, about him being a bully
Chapter Eleven:
Kwai's father heard from his teacher that he got second in the test and was angry at Kwai for
not telling him so
Father was very reluctant and unconvinced that Dawan should go to the city school
After much persuasion from Dawan and Kwai, father finally allowed Dawan to go to the city
school
Chapter Twelve:
Kwai will miss Dawan once she goes to the city school, no one will be there to watch the
sunrise with him
Chapter Thirteen:
At first Dawan was unsure if she wanted to leave as she will miss everything in her village
When she was boarding the bus to go to the city, Kwai was nowhere to be seen
Although many people in the village sent her off, she was not happy as Kwai was not there
During the bus journey, she saw Kwai on the bridge that they usually went to, he was waving
at her. Bidding goodbye
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