,,~^$¤#@## ##@#¤$^~,,
,,,,,,^$¤# #¤$^,,,,,,
,,,,,~^$$# #$$^~,,,,,
,,~^$¤#### ####¤$^~,,
,,,,^$$¤¤# #¤¤$$^,,,,
,,~^$¤#@## (EQUISETUM) ##@#¤$^~,,
,,~^$¤#@## ##@#¤$^~,,
,,,,~^$$¤# #¤$$^~,,,,
,,~~^$$$#@ @#$$$^~~,,
,,~^$¤#@@@ ,,~^~,, THE PLANT ,,~^~,, @@@#¤$^~,,
,,,,,,~^¤@ @¤^~,,,,,,
,,,,~$¤¤¤@ THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER @¤¤¤$~,,,,
,,,~^$$$## THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH ##$$$^~,,,
,,,,,,,^¤# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN #¤^,,,,,,,
,,~^$¤#@## TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY ##@#¤$^~,,
,,~^$¤#@## TRANSPARENT. ##@#¤$^~,,
,,,,~^$$## ##$$^~,,,,
,,~^$¤@### THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ###@¤$^~,,
,,~^$¤##@# STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE #@##¤$^~,,
,,,,,,,~$# RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S #$~,,,,,,,
,,~^$¤#@## VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ##@#¤$^~,,
,,~^$¤#@## THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ##@#¤$^~,,
,,,,,~$¤@@ A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. @@¤$~,,,,,
,,~^$¤#@## ##@#¤$^~,,
,,~^$¤#@## IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ##@#¤$^~,,
,,~^$¤#@## AREAS ##@#¤$^~,,
,,,,~$$#@@ @@#$$~,,,,
,,,,,,,~$# #$~,,,,,,,
,,,~^$$¤## ##¤$$^~,,,
,,~^$¤#@## ,,~^~,, IN MAGIC ,,~^~,, ##@#¤$^~,,
,,~^$$$¤¤# #¤¤$$$^~,,
,,,,^$$### WHEN A COLONY NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH, IT ###$$^,,,,
,,~^$¤#@@# SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO #@@#¤$^~,,
,,~^$¤#### SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN ####¤$^~,,
,,,,,,^^$# HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN #$^^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^¤# THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A #¤^,,,,,,,
,,~^$¤#@@@ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND @@@#¤$^~,,
,,,,,,,~$# EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. #$~,,,,,,,
,,~^$¤¤¤@@ @@¤¤¤$^~,,
,,,,,,^¤¤@ @¤¤^,,,,,,
,,~^$¤¤¤@@ @@¤¤¤$^~,,
,,,~^$$#@# #@#$$^~,,,
,,~^$¤#@## ##@#¤$^~,,