Question

summary of the poem ''living with mountains'' by Ruskin Bond

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This poem sums up the feelings behind Bond's return to Dehra Dun and Mussoorie in the 1950s after having decided not to live in big cities. His return to the places where he lived as a child marked the beginning of the journey which has today brought him to the pinnacle of literary glory.

''I like to think that I have become a part of these mountains and that, by living here for so long, I am able to claim a relationship with the trees and wild flowers, and even the rocks that are an integral part of them,'' Bond writes in Mother Hill which records his intense feelings for the mountains. ''To me, as a writer, mountains have been kind. They were kind from the beginning, when I left a job in Delhi and rented a small cottage on the outskirts of the hill station (Mussorie),'' he says.

The author's love for nature makes him look at it as his close friend. Talking about a horse-chestnut tree in My Tall Green Friends, he says, ''The tree itself is a friendly one, especially in summer when it is in full leaf. The least breath of wind makes the leaves break into conversation and their rustle is a cheerful sound, unlike the sad notes of pine trees in the wind.''

Concluding the story, Bond tells us that not only is he aware of the presence of nature but nature too regards him as a friend. ''Great trees of the mountains, they know me well. They know my face in the window, they see me watching them, watching them grow listening to their secrets, bowing my head before their outstretched arms and seeking their benediction.''