Cherry Tree by Ruskin Bond

This presentation is about one of the Ruskin Bond's Short Story "The Cherry Tree".

1. The cherry Tree - Ruskin Bond Prepared By: Rasila Jambucha

2. Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author of British descent. He lives with his adopted family in Landour , in Mussoorie . The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his role in the growth of children's literature in India . He got the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra , for his published work in English . He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhhushan in 2014. “The Room on the Roof” was Bond’s first novel, written when he was seventeen. Ruskin Bond

3. Rakesh lived with his grandfather on the outskirts of Mussoorie One day he went to the bazaar and bought a packet of cherries He ate them all the way and when he got home, only three cherries were left On reaching home, Rakesh gave one cherry to his grandfather and ate the remaining two. He ate the last one so slowly that he could taste it for long. Thinking that cherry seeds were lucky, Rakesh decided to keep the last cherry’s seed but grandfather advised him to sow/bury it so that it could grow to a cherry tree. Synopsis

4. Rakesh got his spade ( a metallic tool with which we dig the earth to plant plants) and begun to dig in the garden Grandfather advised him to sowed cherry seed in the shady corner of the garden where wind and snow could not easily trouble the cherry After a while both Rakesh and his grandfather forgot about the seed During winter, Rakesh listened wonderful tales/stories told by grandfather - about people who turned into animals, and ghosts who lived in trees And in turns, Rakesh would read paper for him because grandfather eyesight was weak

5. After one year, in winter at one morning; he saw a small twig, he called his grandfather, come and look the cherry tree has come up! Then Rakesh gave it sprinkling and circled it with pebbles He looked at the tree every morning and thinking about its growth In the rainy season when got ate all the leaves it was just two feet high. Only main stem and two branches remained. Rakesh was upset, grandfather said ‘never mind’ it will grow again because cherry trees are tough Towards the end of rainy season new leaves appeared on the tree

6. But after that, it was cut by woman while cutting grass By the time, summer came, Rakesh was eight now and tree again sent several new shoots with tender green leaves. And then in monsoon, at the end of rains, cherry tree had grown another foot. It was now up to is shoulder. In February it was Rakesh’s birthday. He was nine – and tree was of four In one morning , grandfather saw pink blossom at the end of a branch. He called Rakesh come and look In summer, there were small cherries on the tree, he tasted it. They will be better next year said grandfather

7. Grandfather like to sit on a cane chair under the cherry tree, when grandfather had came indoors, Rakesh went into the garden and lay down on the grass beneath the tree ‘ There are so many trees in the forest (or garden)’, said Rakesh. ‘what’s so special about this tree? Why do we like it so much?’ ‘ we planted it ourselves’, said grandfather. “that’s why it’s special”. Rakesh touched the smooth bark of the tree that had grown. He ran his hand along the trunk of the tree and put his finger to the tip of a leaf and said, “Is this what it feels to be God?”