You're trespassing,' said Miss Mackenzie.'.

Yes, miss. And you ought to be in school at this hour!

'Yes, miss.
'Then what are you doing here?"

'Picking flowers, miss. And he held up a bunch of ferns and wild flowers.

In this collection, you will find some of Ruskin Bond's most-loved stories down the years- from the unlikely friendship between a boy and an old woman in "The Prospect of Flowers' to the tussle between Binya and Ram Bharosa for a beautiful umbrella in "The Blue Umbrella'; from the story of a lost. love in 'Binya Passes By' to the bond between a boy and a cherry tree in 'The Cherry Tree'. These heart-warming stories will make you laugh and cry turns.