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Halfway up the tree I had builta crude platform where I would spend the afternoons when it was not too hot. I could read there propping myself up against the tree with a cushion from the living room Treasure Island, Huckleberry Finn and The Story of Dr Dolittle were some of the books that made up my banyan tree library.
When I did not feel like reading, I could look down through the leaves at the world below. And on one particular afternoon I had a grandstand view of that classic of the Indian wilds, a fight between a mongoose and a cobra.
Questions :
$(1)$ What had the author built halfway up the tree?
$(2)$ What would the author do on a crude platform built halfway up the tree ?
$(3)$ What books made up the author's banyan tree library ?

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The author had built a crude platform halfway up the tree.
The author would spend the afternoons on a crude platform built halfway up the tree when it was not too hot. He would read there propping himself up against the tree with a cushion from the living room.
Books like the Treasure Island, Huckleberry Finn and The Story of Dr Dolittle were some of the books that made up the author's banyan tree library.

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