¨¨¨~~:$%## ##%$:~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~:$%# #%$:~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~:$% %$:~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:$ $:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~: :~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ (EQUISETUM) ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~: :~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:$ ¨~~:~~¨ 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 $:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~: SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND :~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~: :~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:$ $:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~:$% %$:~~¨¨¨¨¨