Please come home. He writes back that he can't come. Cut to the mother, who drops the letter. Camera up to show her sad face. A neighbor woman comes over and chatters.
Mom is sicker in the next scene.
She asks the woman not to write to Apu. He will come home if he wants to. Apu and friend chatting on the school grounds. Cut to sundial he made when he was at home. Camera moves down to show his mother sitting under a tree.