The cherries had come all the way from Kashmir valley which Rakesh bought from the Mussoorie bazaar.

Grandfather told Rakesh that nothing was lucky if it was put away. If one needed luck it was required to be put into use.

Rakesh knew it was spring when he could see the wild ducks flying north again to Siberia. He spotted the V-shaped formation flying northward.

It was in the monsoon season when the cherry tree grew most quickly as the monsoon rains came early that year.