Method of the Study
29 platform outside and scamper down the ladder to the cool ground p. 7. Joyfully,
Dawan feels the fresh, cool and young morning by stretching her body upwards, up to grasp a wisp of air, and almost burst out laughing. Then, she sees Kwai
racing past her down the small path to the river. She darted off after him, weaving her way quickly between the tall leafy
trees. The mud oozed through her toes as she ran, and sometimes cool puddle-water splashed up and streaked her bare legs. Shaking the long black
hair out of her eyes, she would reach up and grab handfuls of wet leaves, gleefully scattering dewdrops and rainwater everywhere p. 7.
Dawan and her brother then go to the old bridge, a place where they often spent their times playing and sharing their peaceful feeling to the things around.
For a long while neither of them spoke, but set together in easy companionship, watching the sunglow creep over the awakening world. A
coy breeze played with the drowsy countryside, tickling the long blades of the paddy-fields, flirting with the loose strands of her hair, wrinkling the
translucent skin of the river wither. Dawan felt the deep joy of a new day radiate forth from within her p. 9.
Both Dawan and her brother enjoy the morning by sitting on the edge of the old bridge, looking around, and then Dawan begins to sing her own song. The
song which is made by herself gradually and unconsciously – that it has always
seems to her that she is born knowing it p. 9. Misty morning
mist is lifting, melody of trees
slowly sifting through the gold-green branches
Dappled morning sun is flying,
breaths of breezes rising, dying,
brushing over the earth’s brown skin.
30 Happy morning
my heart is singing, arms spread wide
the dawn is bringing its sunglow to this land, my home.
The reason why the author has written a short story of Sing to the Dawn is because she wants to express her homesickness of her second home, Thailand.
The setting of the novel depicts a rural atmosphere, which presents a peaceful situation of a village. The situation that makes everyone feels happy and fresh.
Being happy is one thing that people want. From this story, Ho proves that nature can bring a positive effect in our life. As a human being, we need nature as
a place where we can feel serenity – where nature provides a condition of peace
and tranquillity.