Boys cling to underside of bus for three hours in China to try to see mum and dad

Two young boys clung to the underside of a bus for three hours to try to get from their rural hometown to see their parents in a city in southern China on Thursday, according to a Chinese media report.

The boys, both about eight years old, sneaked out of school before classes started in Nazuo, Guangxi province, and hid in a narrow space under the bus bound for Baise, news site Ngzb.com.cn reported.

The boys were discovered by security workers 80km down the road when the bus stopped at a station in Xilin county, the report said.

“They are really thin so they could fit in [the undercarriage],” a bus station worker said.