My Trees in the Himalayas English 2018

"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.