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Read the following excerpt from the article "Vision, Voice and the Power of Creation: An Author Speaks Out," by T. A. Barron, and answer the question that follows:

Another way to tap the power of imagination is through place. My own background as a writer is rooted in nature, having grown up reading Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, and John Muir long before I ever dipped into Madeleine L'Engle, Lloyd Alexander, Ursula Le Guin, E. B. White, or J.R.R. Tolkien. My early writings were really nature journals; at nine, I wrote a complete biography—of a tree. (It was a once-majestic chestnut tree not far from my home.) So it should come as no surprise that I view place as much more than just a setting for a story. It is, in truth, another form of character, no less alive and complex, mysterious and contradictory, than the richest character in human form. the author writes that he "wrote a complete biography- of a tree." what message is implied about the tree with this statement?

A: the author couldn't think of any other subject for a biography.

B:the author didn't think a partial biography was enough.

C:the author didn't want to speak for the tree.

D:the author believed the tree had a life story, like a person ​

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D the author believed the tree had a life story like a person
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D. The author believed the tree had a life story, like a person
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