'Mr Bhushan left his office at 5 o'clock sharp. It was time for tea and a dish of hot, fresh paneer
pakoras. As he walked down the gravel path to his house, a strange sight met his protruding
eyes. On the verandah were Mrs Bhushan and the maidservant, a bucket of water between them,
and they were giving a bath to-surely it wasn't a donkey?'
What compares to the feeling of coming home to a wagging tail, enthusiastic barks and long sloppy
licks? Or to the purring of a cat sleeping on your belly? It is the four-legged friends that bring out
the child in us. No matter how bleak a day, how grey an evening or how bland a week, it is these
friends that add colour to life! In Mrs Bhushan to the Rescue, with the story titled the same that has
never appeared in print before, Ruskin Bond brings us a mixed bag of stories. From furry friends
to finding yourself to be your biggest ally-these are stories about characters that turn an otherwise
grey life into bright, sunny hues.
