अंकित की खुशी

Summary

The text describes a boy named Ankit who eagerly awaits visits from his uncle, a forest officer living in a distant village. Ankit loves plants, animals, and birds, and his uncle teaches him about their importance, explaining that trees and animals are a nation's great wealth and beauty. The uncle warns that cutting trees pollutes the atmosphere, reduces oxygen, expands deserts, and causes droughts, while killing animals is a sin. On a previous visit, the uncle brought a sweet neem plant and a fig plant, which have now grown into trees, providing fragrant leaves and ripening fruit. Ankit writes a letter asking when his uncle will visit again. When the uncle arrives, he brings colorful feathers from peacocks and other birds. Ankit worries the birds were harmed, but his uncle explains the feathers were naturally shed and collected. Later, after months without a visit, Ankit learns his uncle is seriously injured from an animal attack. He travels to see him. The uncle explains he was protecting animals from hunters when a wolf attacked him; a colleague shot the wolf, and the hunters were caught. The uncle gives Ankit books about forests and animals, and Ankit is relieved his uncle is recovering.