CJ grumbles that they don’t have a car like his friend Colby Nana retorts that they get to ride a bus that breathes fire. Literary elements at work in the story: De La Peña develops the characters of Nana and CJ by letting the reader see how they react to a series of simple encounters on an afternoon after church. On their long bus ride to the end of Market Street, Nana and CJ meet all sorts of interesting people, and CJ ends the story taking his place behind the serving table with a happy heart. Where CJ experiences boredom, though, Nana feels possibility and joy. Summary: CJ is getting tired of spending every Sunday afternoon helping at a soup kitchen with his nana.
