The Cherry Tree

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Rakesh is the boy who plants the cherry seed. He lives with his grandfather in Mussoorie for schooling while his parents live in a village fifty miles away.

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Rakesh lived with his grandfather because there were no schools in his village. His parents sent him to Mussoorie so he could study.

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Mussoorie is shown as a hill station in the Himalayan foothills with cold winds, stony soil, and sheltered slopes where oak and deodar trees grow.

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It shows that Rakesh is curious, observant, and careful with small things. He notices the taste of the cherries, keeps the seed, and thinks about using it wisely.

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He means that a thing becomes useful only when it is used for a purpose. A lucky seed should be planted, not saved and forgotten.

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Rakesh pressed the seed into the soil in a shady corner of the garden with his thumb. Later it sprouted into a tiny cherry tree about four inches high.

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Grandfather had already sown mustard in that bed, so he told Rakesh to plant the seed in a shady corner where it would not be disturbed.

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It shows that the cherry tree had just begun to grow. The plant was still tiny, fragile, and easy to overlook.