The Banyan Tree Summary
The author lived with his grandparents in Dehra Dun. An old Banyan tree was grew in the house grounds. It has many branches and thick green leaves where many squirrels, snails and butterflies lived.
The boy made a friendship with a small grey squirrel because he gave him cake and biscuit, which it loves too much. Moreover, the squirrel taking morsels from his hand. The small squirrel also going deep into his pocket and found food there.
The author made the banyan tree as a library and spend his afternoon there with his cushion, that gave him comfort. He love to read book a lot, so he collected the book like Treasure Island. Huckleberry Finn and the story of Dr. Doolittle. One day he saw a fight between a mongoose and cobra to be very clear from the banyan tree. From there he saw surrounding nature also.
Now both of Cobra and Mongoose came face to face. They both also strong opponent. Mongoose was a strong and clever fighter, but Cobra was experienced fighter. Cobra raised his broad hood mongoose bushed its tail. A Myna and a jungle crow were observed their fight sat on a cactus tree. Both mongoose and Cobra attracted at each other in order to kill. They both made their attempts to kill each other. Both of them moved very wisely but suddenly mongoose acted to move aside, then Cobra surprisingly come down his board hood. The author doubted that may be mongoose could not survive any more. But the Myna and the crow however collided deeply in mid – air. Both crow and Myna wanted to dive at the cobra, when third round started. When Myna Miss his chance this time, the crow tried to stop it and turned back. But this time cobra moved his head back and attacked with great force at crow’s body. After some time the crow laid in the grounded but still Myna was sitting on the cactus plants and watching the fight. After fighting for a long time, the cobra became tired and weak but mongoose remains strong and looked fearless. The mongoose caught the cobra by its mouth and put it into the bushes. Finally the mongoose won the battle because wisher one won the fight. The Myna came down the ground softly and looked into bushes to observe all this from a safe distance and congratulate the won one with very unhappy heart.