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,###,,,,#, VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ,,,,#,,,,,
,#,##,,,,# THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ,,,,,#,,,,
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#,,,,,#,,, SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO ,,,,#,,,,,
,#,,,,,#,, SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN #,,,,#,,,,
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,,,#,,,,,# THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ,,#,,,,#,,
,,,,#,,,,, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ,,,#,,,,#,
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