Going to school is upsetting enough for some youngsters, without having to risk life and limb on the way.
But for almost 500 children in Maji village, in China's Yunnan province, heading to school really is a matter of life and death.
The students are forced to fasten themselves to a steel cable with a metal karabiner and rope, before sliding across a 200-meter canyon above the Nujiang River, according to the Beijing News.
Four-year-old A Oia, the school's youngest student, crosses by herself everyday.
"I have to hand walk for about 60 metres, since my light weight makes me stop about two thirds of the way across," she explained.
But thanks to the children's death-defying journey being exposed on a TV documentary, officials have consented to spending £35,000 on a bridge.
The news will be music to the ears of five-year-old A Pu, who was once stranded in the middle of the cable for close to 20 minutes.
"I used to dream of having a bridge, but then I learned that my dream was too expensive," he told Beijing News.
