My Trees in the Himalayas: Selected & Compiled

‘ I am fortunate to have a big window that opens out on the forest so that the trees are almost within my reach. If I jumped, I couldand quite neatly in the arms of an oak or horse chestnut... These great trees of the mountains, I feel they know me well, as I watch them andisten to their secrets, happy to rest my head beneath their outstretched arms.’ It is Christmas time and a poor couple struggle to buy each other gifts. A wealthyawyer encounters a ragged beggar and tries to set him on the right path. Aittle boy’ s grief on realizing that he will never be able to speak his mother tongue again after his country is invaded by another. A happy story, revolving around a mere folder, set in theobby of a fashionable hotel. The evergreen story of the nightingale who sacrificed herself for a rose. Selected and compiled by Ruskin Bond, this is a collection of stories from writersike O. Henry, Saki, Oscar Wilde, Anton Chekov, Alphonse Daudet and others.Full of moments that range from joyous to heart-breaking, My Trees in the Himalayas willeave you mesmerized with its tales of the simple joys ofife.