Scene at a bus stop

The school gate opened at 1.30 p.m., letting the students out for their houses. I usually use the bus to head back home. school, making it easy for me to get there.

The usual crowded outlook of the bus in order to catch my bus. As there was a little more time left for the bus to arrive, I stood scanning the view around me.

Some people were boarding and some really want to head back home but as their buses arrived, the chatting turned to a rushing. Some conductors were shouting at the passengers to hurry in boarding the buses. Some were repeating the destination of their buses. Some people were staring at their phones catching up on latest news benches like they had an eternity to wait, but all of their heads turned to the direction of the buses arriving. and now my bag felt like a nuisance. But as I was scanning the view around me, I did not care about it much but the crowd waiting with me. Still more buses arrived and disappeared from sight, lessening the people who were waiting. Everyone was now sick of waiting and some started blaming public transportation.

After a long wait, the highly packed bus arrived for me to leave from the crowd who

Dananga Karunarathne (14 years) Lakdasa De Mel College, Kurunegala