Angry River
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One of Ruskin Bond
's most famous books, the epic Angry River was published in India
, France
, Germany
, Italy
and Denmark
.
Angry River is about Sita, a girl who lives with her grandparents in a hut on an island. Her grandfather is a fisherman. Their hut is made partly of mud with one of the walls leaning against a rock and the other three walls are of mud. At the beginning of the story, Sita's grandmother is extremely ill and Sita's grandfather plans to take her grandmother to the hospital in town. He leaves in a boat with three of his goats and tells Sita that he will be back in a few days. He also warns her of the rain saying that the rain might cause a flood and that if the level of the water goes very high, she must climb the peepal tree on the island.
Soon, the rain begins to pour. Sita goes outside and realizes that there is a flood that looks like a raging river . She sees a few things floating around in the water. She hurriedly packs some spices, fish ,her grandmother's saree, and grandfather's hookah in a trunk. She then climbs up the peepal tree but she forgets her doll, Mumta. The flood soon reaches the level of the peepal tree and she almost gives up hope when she sees a boy in a boat trying to rescue her. The boy rescues her, but she forgets about Mumta. Once the two are out of danger, the boy introduces himself as Krishan. They eat mangoes that were there in the boat. Never before did Sita eat mangoes that were as sweet as the ones Krishan had offered. Sita later comes to know that her grandmother had died and she returns to the island with her grandfather to build a new house and start life normally but without her doll,Mumta and he died
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond, born 19 May 1934, is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist....
's most famous books, the epic Angry River was published in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, France
France
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, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Italy
Italy
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and Denmark
Denmark
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.
Angry River is about Sita, a girl who lives with her grandparents in a hut on an island. Her grandfather is a fisherman. Their hut is made partly of mud with one of the walls leaning against a rock and the other three walls are of mud. At the beginning of the story, Sita's grandmother is extremely ill and Sita's grandfather plans to take her grandmother to the hospital in town. He leaves in a boat with three of his goats and tells Sita that he will be back in a few days. He also warns her of the rain saying that the rain might cause a flood and that if the level of the water goes very high, she must climb the peepal tree on the island.
Soon, the rain begins to pour. Sita goes outside and realizes that there is a flood that looks like a raging river . She sees a few things floating around in the water. She hurriedly packs some spices, fish ,her grandmother's saree, and grandfather's hookah in a trunk. She then climbs up the peepal tree but she forgets her doll, Mumta. The flood soon reaches the level of the peepal tree and she almost gives up hope when she sees a boy in a boat trying to rescue her. The boy rescues her, but she forgets about Mumta. Once the two are out of danger, the boy introduces himself as Krishan. They eat mangoes that were there in the boat. Never before did Sita eat mangoes that were as sweet as the ones Krishan had offered. Sita later comes to know that her grandmother had died and she returns to the island with her grandfather to build a new house and start life normally but without her doll,Mumta and he died