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 could land 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 and listen 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 wealthy lawyer encounters a ragged beggar and tries to set him on the right path. A little 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 the lobby 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 writers like 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 will leave you mesmerized with its tales of the simple joys of life.