Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“But this alone won’t do it.”-What does this’ refer to? Why won’t this be able to do it? What is to be done to do’it completely?
The word this’ refers to the act of hacking and chopping the tree.
• People hack and chop to kill a tree. But hacking and chopping cannot destroy it completely. The tree has deep roots that draw sap from the earth. It gives rise to tiny twigs and miniature boughs again. Green twigs emerge from the bleeding bark. The miniature boughs grow from close to the ground and grow back to its normal size