First published by Penguin Books India 2010
This collection published 2017
Copyright © Ruskin Bond 2010
The moral right of the author has been asserted
Cover Designer: Ajit Ninan
ISBN 13: 978-01-430-6343-8
This digital edition published in 2017.
e-ISBN 978-81-8475-051-5
For sale in the Indian Subcontinent only
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