The Blue Umbrella

?The umbrella wasike a flower, a great Blue flower that had sprung up on the dry Brown hillside.'' in exchange for heruckyeopard''s claw pendant, Binya acquires a beautiful Blue umbrella that makes her the envy of everyone in her village, especially Ram Bharata, the shop-keeper. Ruskin Bond''s short and humorous novella, set in the picturesque hills of Garhwal, perfectly capturesife in a village, where both heroism and redemption can be found.