Angry River

One of Ruskin Bond's most famous books, the epic "'Angry River" was published in India, France, Germany, Italy, and Denmark.

ynopsis

"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 partly made of mud. One of the walls leans 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 two of his goats and tells Sita that he will be back in a day. He also warns her of the rain. He said that the rain might cause a flood and that if the level of the water goes very high, she must climb the peepul tree that was on the island.

Soon, the rain begins to pour. Sita goes outside to see that there is a flood. She sees a few things floating around in the water. She hurridly packs some spices, fish ,grandmother's saree, and grandfather's hookah in a trunk. She then climbs up the peepul tree while clutching her doll, Mumta. The flood soon reaches the level of the peepul tree and almost gave up hope when she saw 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 and never did Sita eat mangoes that were as sweet as the ones krishna had offered her to eat.later krishna and sita reached safely. Sita later comes to know that her gandmother had died and she returns to the island with her grandfather to build a new house and start life normally