In November, the whole city prepared for Loy Krathong. Grandma Bua suggested that the café set up a stall by the Ping River. Instead of foam, they would make krathongs from materials. Grandma showed Mint how to fold banana leaves , and her old fingers moved with speed. Jay worried that young people would find the krathongs . To make them more , Ploy added a small coffee-bean decoration to each one. On the night of the festival, the riverbank was . Lanterns floated into the dark sky, and the stall sold hot cocoa and krathongs at a pace. Ben helped by explaining the festival to tourists. He described the custom , as a way to thank the river and to let go of old . By ten o’clock, every krathong was sold, and the cocoa pot was . Ploy and Mint released their own krathongs and made a wish. Mint wished for in her exams. Ploy wished that her father would one day her choice. Watching the lights drift away, she felt strangely . Grandma said that the river carries away our troubles , year after year. The stall earned only a profit, but it gave the café something more important: a place in the life of the city.