Question

'' And out of its leprous hide '' what does '' hide '' refer to? Why is it called '' leprous''? How is the tree finally killed?

Answer 1

Answer:

The expression 'hide' refers to the rough bark of the tree.

✪ It is called 'leprous' because it looks like the discoloured skin of a leprosy patient.

✪ The only way to kill the tree completely is to destroy the tree by uprooting it out of the 'anchoring earth' . For doing so one is to rope, tie and pull out the tree out of the 'earth-cave'. As a result, the source of the strength of the tree is exposed. The source is nothing but the white, wet, hidden and the most sensitive root of the tree. Finally cornes the matter of destroying the tree completely. For this purpose the tree is scorched and choked in sun and air and then browned, hardened, twisted, withered. Thus the process of killing the tree is done.

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