"Stone flowers"

What was she looking for? 
Sun was setting down. Very far.. at the side of river.. one girl was strolling around like a baby cane.
During 1-2 hours she sometimes sat on the stones looking for something and sometimes she wandered around here and there. Where is this girl from? Why has she come half a kilometer far from the town to this deserted river side? Has she lost something?
I left my fishing rod at one side and went toward her. She heard me coming and looked up to see me. She was 8 years old. very beautiful. She had big eyes. But there was some sadness in her face. Her white frock had some dirty stains and her braid was loosely tied with a butterfly like lace, and one could easily tell that she had tied it herself.
When I saw that she was looking at me with a wary look, I asked her in a soft tone, "little sister, what are you searching for?"
She was anxiously checking out a stone in her hand. 
I said, "Can I help you with something?"
After a long pause, breaking the silence she said, "I'm searching for stone flowers."
"stone flowers?"
I felt very angry. Somebody must have fooled the little girl. Do stones grow flowers?
"Who told you about this kind of flowers?"
She kept looking quietly at the brimming water of the river.
"This is unreal, little sister."
"No. My mother told me." She said quietly.
Mother? Did her mother... I was surprized. After a while she told me everything. Her parents used to quarrel with each other regularly. And sometimes those quarrels used to result into violent fights. Their relatives tried many a times to end their fights but each time her mother used to say, "Only when flowers will grow on stones and horns will borne out of horses' heads, our fights will end."
I was astonished.
"I'm searching for stone flowers from so many days but I haven't found even one."
 The sadness lurked on her face. Suddenly she asked me,"Do you have stone flowers where you live?" 
Her anxious eyes had a little sparkle of hope. I felt very sad looking at those eyes for I didn't have an answer to her question.


I read this story in Hindi somewhere. This is an english translation by me. I don't know the name of its writer. Please do comment if you know. : )