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    Granny's father planted many trees on his property including lime, mango, orange, guava, jacaranda, and Persian lilac trees. The peepul tree was known to knock down bricks with its vigorous roots and attract people to its shade. The banyan tree had branches that sent roots down to form passageways, creating a small world for animals and insects. Granny's father planted trees not just for their appearance but to provide food and shelter for animals, and to prevent erosion and attract rain.

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    Granny's father planted many trees on his property including lime, mango, orange, guava, jacaranda, and Persian lilac trees. The peepul tree was known to knock down bricks with its vigorous roots and attract people to its shade. The banyan tree had branches that sent roots down to form passageways, creating a small world for animals and insects. Granny's father planted trees not just for their appearance but to provide food and shelter for animals, and to prevent erosion and attract rain.

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    An Island of Trees

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    Anju S Koshy
    Granny's father planted many trees on his property including lime, mango, orange, guava, jacaranda, and Persian lilac trees. The peepul tree was known to knock down bricks with its vigorous roots and attract people to its shade. The banyan tree had branches that sent roots down to form passageways, creating a small world for animals and insects. Granny's father planted trees not just for their appearance but to provide food and shelter for animals, and to prevent erosion and attract rain.

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    Who is telling the story and to whom? *

    Koki's grandmother was telling the story to her.It was about her father's immense love for trees.

    Name the trees that Granny's father planted on the premises of his bungalow? *

    Granny's father planted limes,mangoes,oranges,guava,jacaranda,luburnum and the Persian lilac

    Describe the peepul tree and the Granny's notions about the tree? *

    The peepul tree grew near an old abandoned temple and knocked down the bricks with its vigorous
    roots.The leaves of the tree spin like a top even when there is not a breeze and attract people into
    its shade.In grandma's notion peepul trees are just show-offs.

    Describe two qualities of the banyan tree. *

    The branches of the Banyan tree sent roots down to the earth and formed a number of passage
    ways.It was a world in itself populated with small animals and also provided a shelter for the insects
    to lay their eggs.

    Why is the hawk-cuckoo named papiha and what is the Englishman's interpretation of its shouting? *

    The shrill nagging cry of hawk cuckoo sounded like 'papiha' which means 'rain is coming'.The
    Englishmen in India interpreted its sound to mean"Oh dear,o dear!How very hot it's getting!We feel
    it,we feel it."

    What is Granny's father's reason for planting trees? *

    Granny's father said that he planted trees not for providing pleasant sight to the people,but for the
    earth,for the birds and animals who live on them thus to provide more food and shelter whereas
    people need trees for keeping the desert away,for attracting rain,and preventing the banks of rivers
    from being washed away according to Granny's father's point of view.

    How did trees become rooted to a place? *

    Granny's father used to say once the trees walked.Then came a terrible demon who cast a spell over
    them rooting them to one place.

    What prompted Granny's father to plant tress on the island? *

    There was a tamerind tree in the small island.Granny's father said that if a tamarind can grow there
    other trees can also grow.So he took saplings and planted them on island.

    What did Granny's father do with the trees that grew on the roof and window sill if their house? *

    The trees that grew on the roof and window sill of their house were carefully removed and
    transplanted in the garden.

    Why does Granny say that the banyan tree was like an orchestra? *

    The Banyan tree was an like an orchestra with musicians constantly turning up which implies the
    song sung by crickets and cicadas with their shrill voice.

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