The banyan tree is the National Flower of India.
Nalabana Island in Chilika Lake is designated as a Bird Sanctuary.
Grandfather explained that the cherry tree was special because they bought it from a rare nursery.
Birds like bulbuls and scarlet minivets feasted on the cherries.
When Rakesh tasted the first cherry grown on the tree, he found it extremely sweet.
Grandfather became grumpy in winter because snow blocked the road and no newspapers arrived.
Rakesh killed the hairy caterpillar that was eating the cherry tree's leaves.
The first visitor to the growing cherry tree was a bright green praying-mantis.
The cherry tree died completely after a woman cutting grass sliced it in two.
A goat entered the garden and ate all the leaves of the young cherry tree.
Rakesh surrounded the small cherry plant with pebbles for privacy.
Grandfather advised Rakesh to keep the cherry seed safe in a box for good luck.
The cherries that Rakesh bought had come all the way from the Kashmir Valley.
Rakesh paid five rupees for the bunch of cherries in the bazaar.
Rakesh lived with his grandfather on the outskirts of Mussoorie.