| It is well known that some trees live for a very, | | | | shoots will sprout when opportunities come. |
| very long time. Have you not heard about the | | | | In winter, trees in cold climate shed leaves. Who |
| walking mango tree of Gujarat? Its branch | | | | gives the command? Apparently, the roots. The |
| produces fresh roots and when the old tree dries | | | | tree makes use of its dead tissues, by injecting oil |
| up, a new one, developed from this branch, takes | | | | and preserving them for use as a support! How |
| its place. | | | | intelligent! Many botanists think that the oil, |
| Unlike animals, a tree goes on growing, both at | | | | produced by all trees (sandalwood oil, turpentine |
| the top as well as at the roots. Death can happen | | | | etc. It is oil that makes fresh mango tree |
| only when growth ends. What happens, in | | | | branches burn the dead body) is just a waste |
| practice, is premature death, on account of a | | | | product. IF A TREE READS IT, IT WILL LAUGH! |
| variety of causes like uprooting by storms, attack | | | | Trees can grow in any direction, like a coconut |
| by fungi and above all, by greedy Man!When the | | | | tree near a rice field, with the bulk of its weight |
| tree becomes too tall, the trunk develops fatigue. | | | | outside its base, apparently defying gravity, |
| If by a conscious effort, we try to prop up a | | | | challenging civil engineers, who find it very difficult |
| tree and ensure supply of water, it is my belief | | | | to prop up the leaning tower of Pisa! A tree can |
| that the tree will not die. Some institution may | | | | send up water, to three hundred metres, from |
| take up this project. | | | | root to leaves, using nano technology which we |
| Animals are controlled by the head. Trees are | | | | have yet to master. I will not be surprised if, in |
| managed by the roots. Hence such usages as | | | | course of time, scientists discover that trees can |
| 'root out', because, from experience we find that, | | | | communicate among themselves. |
| as long as the roots remain dormant and alive, | | | | Trees are worshiped by Hindus. They deserve it! |