‘A Marriage of
Waters’ is a short story by Ruskin Bond covered in the book ‘A song of Many
Rivers’, where author has collected short stories that have been occurred
around the rivers of the Himalaya. In these stories he has put rivers as a
central theme.
Initially the
writer has given that during winter and summer the grass on the mountains look
yellowish and brownish. But as the rain advances everything on the mountains
get into the colour of dark bright green.
Also, in the rain, many streams make their way from here and there to
form either pools or get merged in the larger streams or rivers or canals. This
story is about a thin stream that author, one day, follows. He wants to see
where it ends, but to his surprise the thin stream does not die anywhere, sometimes
it runs hidden in the steep rocks and at times between the steep rocks.
Finally, it
meets into the water fall. But before that it forms a pool, though small but
sufficient for birds like spotted forkail to get their share of tiny fish. The
theme of the story is that during rainy season the nature and behavior of
mountains change because of water – sometimes available as a pool, puddle, or a
stream. These hidden and small sources of water keep the flora and fauna of the
hills alive. In rain, there is no scarcity of water in the hills. Mountains are
always kind on humans, but they destroy them by cutting trees and building
roads. Short but very lovely story with a strong message that we, as humans,
must conserve our nature.
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