Animation doesn't work

[1z25_3 (1z25)]

I’m trying to make an axe and part of it is playing an animation when the player hits the tree. It isn’t working, despite the rest of the axe working completely fine and not giving out any errors. I looked up solutions on the devforum but from what I’ve read they were all outdated and were solved by using Animator, which I already am.

Below is the code I use to load the animation in a local script:

local function cut()
	if debounce or not mouse.Target then return end
	
	if mouse.Target:IsA("BasePart") and mouse.Target.Name == "TreeTrunk" then
		local distance = (mouse.Target.Parent.PrimaryPart.Position - tool.Parent:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart").Position).Magnitude
		if distance < 10 then
			print(distance)
			debounce = true
			action:FireServer("Damage", mouse.Target)
			
			local animator = tool.Parent:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid"):FindFirstChildOfClass("Animator")
			animator:LoadAnimation(tool.Chop)
			
			task.wait(tool:GetAttribute("Cooldown"))
			debounce = false
		end
	end
end

[LotsOf_Lapis]

You need to play the loaded animation as well

animator:LoadAnimation(tool.Chop):Play()