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SING TO THE DAWN- MINGFONG HO Fill in the blanks . SYNOPSIS

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Sing to the Dawn tells Dawn tells of Dawan, a young village villag e girl who lives in Thailand, wins a scholarship to study in a city school. Her brother, Kwai Kw ai,, pl plac aces es se seco cond nd and is ini initia tially lly jea jealou lous, s, causin cau sing g a rif riftt bet betwee ween n the two previously-close siblings. This hostility is further furt her exac exacerbat erbated ed by Dawa Da wan's n's fa fath ther er,, wh who o feels that the city is no plac pl ace e fo forr a fea ale le.. Dawan Dawa n face faces s obst obstacles acles at every turn, and eventu eve ntually ally overc ove rcoe oes s thes th ese e ob obst stac acle les s an and d proves to herself and to others oth ers that she is ful fully ly capable of handling the scho sc hola lars rshi hip p and an d the th e responsibility it entails.

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headmaster went away -Teacher -Te acher and studen studentt discus discussed sed what they th ey sh shou ould ld do if th they ey wo won n th thee scholarship -Teacher announced that Dawan won the scholarship

econd event

-Dawan went to see the old monk  -Dawan's teacher and the old monk are good friends -!ld monk does not really see why Dawan should go to the city school Third event

-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 #hen she was  boarding the bus to go to the city

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$wai was nowhere to be seen -Although many people in the village sent her off she was not happy as $wai was not there -During the bus % ourney she saw $wai on the bridge that they usually went to he was waving at her& idding goodbye