Question

.) Read the following extract carefully and answer the question given below:

It takes much time to kill a tree,

Not a simple jab of the knife

Will do it. Ithas grown Slowly

consuming the earth, Rising

out of it feeding Upon it crust

observing Years of Sunlight

air ,water, And out of its

leprous hide Sprouting leaves.

Questions

1. Can a “simple Jab of the knife kill a tree? why not?

2. How has the tree grown to its full size? List the words suggestive of its life

and activities?

3. Write the meaning of leprous hide.​

Answer 1

Answer:

answers 1 we can not cut the tree with simple jab of knife because the tree is thick and knife is small