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Her grandmother’s illness and her search for safety unfold alongside the family’s deep connection to the chir, pine, deodar, and ash trees. After tragedy, Dichi learns that trees were cut for cricket bats and sports goods, sparking questions about deforestation, landslides, and how environmental damage can devastate communities.","Chipko takes root  \nAuthor: Jeyanthi Manokaran  \nIllustrator: Jeyanthi Manokaran  \nEnglish Non Fiction  \nChipko takes root  \nChipko takes root (English), written by Jeyanthi Manokaran, illustrated by Jeyanthi Manokaran, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2015) under  \na CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free [on www.storyweaver.org.in](on www.storyweaver.org.in)  \nReformatted by Amitha Amar, 3Strands  \nEnglish  \nIndia  \nCopyright © 2025, Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2015) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on [www.storyweaver.org.in](www.storyweaver.org.in)  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nChipko takes root (English), written by Jeyanthi Manokaran, illustrated by Jeyanthi Manokaran, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2015) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free [on www.storyweaver.org.in](on www.storyweaver.org.in)  \nDhoom Dadaka!  \nDhoom Dadaka!  \nDhoom Dadaka! Dhoom!  \nHigh up in the branches of her tree, Dichi plays on her dholak.  \nHer three brothers clamber up the same sturdy tree while their sheep jostle and bleat on the meadow below.  \n\"Dichi!\" echoes Dada's voice through the chir, pine, deodar and ash trees.  \n\"Come. We must visit your grandmother across the river. Boys, bring the sheep home safely. \"  \n\"Can't we come too?\" begs Shyam .  \n\"Next time,\" says Dada firmly. \"Dichi will stay on there to nurse Grandma . She is very sick now . \"  \nDada guides their mule through knee-deep river water. Nimble as a mountain goat, Dichi tucks her skirt to skip on the rocks.  \nHer toes tingle in the chill waters, until she slips and tumbles in with a splash.  \n\"Careful!\" warns Chacha, who is fishing nearby.  \nIn a sudden surge, the river swellsand roars about them in a furious flash flood. Chacha rushes over to grab Dichi by the arms.  \nHer left leg is caught beneath a rolling boulder . Dada's figure is a blur-his voice muffled by the raging waters . Caught in the current, the mule swims and staggers to the other side, its burden toppled and swept away.  \nChacha can barely keep his balance in the deluge, as he tries to extricate Dichi's leg from below the obstinate rock. Drenched in muddy water, he musters all his strength to yank Dichi out. His powerful shoulders carry her back to Ma who crouches, sobbing over her bedraggled daughter. Sharp needles of pain shoot up Dichi's left leg. Enveloped by a fit of trembling, she faints .  \nLeaving Dichi with her horrified Ma, Chacha charges back for Dada . But Dada never returns . Cold fingers of fear clutch at Dichi's heart when they bring his body home from the river .  \nDichi hears of the sports goods company that felled their chir, pine, deodar and ash trees to make cricket bats and other sports stuff. Why do they chop our forests? Can't they see the landslides thunder down the mountainside? The fierce flash floods that carry away the poor folk? Those floods took her Dada...and the power in Dichi's left leg. She now has no sensation in it below the knee .  \nCan Dichi ever forget those icy river waters? 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