The following lines in the text show that Valli was enjoying her ride on the bus:
• “Valli devoured everything with her eyes.”
• “On the one side there was the canal and, beyond it, palm trees, grassland, distant mountains, and the blue, blue sky. On the other side was a deep ditch and then acres and acres of green fields − green, green, green, as far as the eye could see. Oh, it was all so wonderful!”
• “Everyone laughed, and gradually Valli too joined in the laughter. Suddenly, Valli clapped her hands with glee.”
• “Somehow this was very funny to Valli. She laughed and laughed until there were tears in her eyes.”
• “Valli wasn’t bored to the slightest and greeted everything with the same excitement she’d felt the first time.”