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The excerpt from "The Old Juniper Tree" best illustrates what the author wants the reader to know about the tree.
A. Large for its species - maybe twenty feet tall and two feet in diameter
B. Twisted by wind, split and charred by lightning, scarred by brushfires,...
C. Human beings have stripped long strings of bark from its trunk,...
D. No matter what, in drought, flood, heat, and cold it has continued.
What is D. Not matter what, in drought, flood, heat, and cold it has continued.