"Banian tree" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... near to give them drink, and they could think of nothing better than to lie down and die. But they first resolved to pray to the god Shiva, "Please, please, God Shiva," prayed the two children, "get us out of this terrible trouble." After praying they went and sat under a banian tree, and all day long they had nothing to eat or drink. Now on the very top of the banian tree was an eagle's nest, and in it there were several little eagles. When evening came, father eagle and mother eagle came ...
— Deccan Nursery Tales - or, Fairy Tales from the South • Charles Augustus Kincaid |
