How did Valli plan her bus ride? What did she find out about the bus, and how did she save up the fare?
Valli decided to utilize the time of her mother's afternoon nap for the trip. She decided to take the one-o’clock afternoon bus that reaches the town at one forty-five. So, she could be back home by about two forty-five as she would travel on the same bus.
Listening carefully to conversations between her neighbours and people who regularly used the bus, Valli found out that the town where the bus used to go was six miles from her village and the trip to the town would take forty-five minutes. The bus fare was thirty paise one way.
To save money for the fare, she had planned earnestly. She had thriftily saved whatever stray coins came her way. She resisted every temptation to buy peppermints, toys, balloons.
