Having no alarm clock, boy goes to school at midnight  

6岁男孩买不起闹钟 怕迟到晚上10点摸黑上学

11月25日晚，因父亲出门去上夜班，家里只剩他一个人。从大营到纳古小学要走三四公里的路程，因家里买不起闹钟，他担心第二天早上睡过头上学迟到。思来想去，小男孩用塑料袋装好书本，晚上10点多就出门，一直步行到纳古，打算就这样一直等到天亮学校开门。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- To avoid being late for school in the morning, a six-year-old boy in Yunnan province chose to go to school the night before because his family can't afford an alarm clock.

Xing Yu is a second-year pupil at a primary school in Tonghai county, Yuxi city, Yunnan province. His mother left home several years ago, and Xing lives with his father and sister in a tiny house three kilometers from the school.

On Monday night, the boy was at home alone while his father worked a night shift and his sister was away.

Having no alarm clock, the boy decided to go to school that night. He left home at about 10 pm, with his textbooks in a plastic bag.

He had been on the street for about four hours before a villager spotted him. The villager thought the boy might have been driven out by his parents, so he called the local police.

A police officer gave an alarm clock as a gift to Xing Yu on Wednesday.