Kwai, shocked and disbelieving, retreats silently off on his own. Feeling sorry for Kwai, Dawan too left for home, thinking that he would be there. However, he wasn’t. Instead, she finds her father grumpier, as their sacks of rice have just been hauled away by the tax collectors. When Dawan delivers the good news of her achievement, her father only snaps and accuses her of robbing her brother’s chance, before throwing a temper and stalking off. Only Dawan’s grandmother cared to congratulate her. Next, her grandmother comes up with a plan to get Noi, Dawan’s cousin to help persuade and change her father’s mind. Dawan’s mother ends up taking her there.
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Sing To The Dawn
RandomThe frustrations, hardships and political injustices of everyday life in a village in Southeast Asia are dramatically revealed in the story of Dawan, a young Thai girl who seeks the opportunity to continue her education at a city high school by taki...
