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%%:»,¨¨¨¨¨ OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ¨¨¨¨¨,»:%%
%:»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»:%
:»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TRANSPARENT. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»:
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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@¤%%:»,¨¨¨ SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN ¨¨¨,»:%%¤@
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%:»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»:%
:»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»:
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