The Blue Umbrella | Ruskin Bond

Little Binya lives in a quiet Garhwal village with her widowed mother and older brother Bijju. One day, she trades her cherished leopard-claw pendant for a vivid blue silk umbrella she notices among picnickers. The umbrella brings her joy- and instant fame- in her small community. But it also awakens envy in Ram Bharosa, the local shopkeeper, who desperately tries to buy it. When his obsession leads to theft by his shop boy, the villagers boycott him, and he faces ruin.