• Chapter One:

Dawan and Kwai sat on the shaky 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's grandmother however supported her
• 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:
Noi said that going to the city was useless
• 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
• If Dawan does not go to the city, Kwai gets to go instead of her
• Chapter Six:
Dawan's father didn't want her to go to the city
• 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:
Dawan went to see the old monk
• Dawan's teacher and the old monk are good friends
• Old monk does not really see why Dawan should go to the city
school
• Chapter Nine:
Bao allowed Dawan to free a bird for free
• Bao's brother, Vichai, came to the market stall and hit her
because she freed a bird for free
• Kwai stopped Vichai from hitting Bao
• 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
• Cousin Noi helped Dawan with her wound
• Chapter Ten:
Dawan and Kwai were at the river
• Kwai was thinking about Dawan's words, about him being a
bully
• Dawan passed Kwai her umbrella caringly as it was raining
• Kwai made a decision
• 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 spoke to both Kwai and Dawan together
• 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
• After her grandmother talked to Dawan, she decided to go
• 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
• SETTING
1. Dawan's house
2. The river, the bridge and the narrow path leading to the
river
3. The village school
4. Noi's house
5. Bao's flower stall in the market palce
6. The temple
7. The bus
8. The City School
• CHARACTERS
1. Dawan
2. Kwai
3.Dawan's father
4. Dawan,s mother
5. Grandmother
6. Cousin Noi anad Ghan
7. Bao
8. The teacher
9. The head monk
10. Vicahai
11. Mr Phaspras
12. The landlord
13. The villagers
14. The village students
15. Takchit
16. The headmaster of the village school
• THEMES
1. Family love
2. Poverty
3. Gender discrimination
4. Responsibility
5. Sibling rivalry
6. Being fair and just
7. Standing up for what is right
• MORAL VALUES
1. Do not be jealous of our siblings' success
2. Love our family members
3. Be responsible
4. Be helpful
5. Be fair and just
6. Be rational
7. Be hardworking and courageous