..,~/$£@¶#                                          #¶@£$/~,..
.,~/$£@¶##                                          ##¶@£$/~,.
..,~/$£@¶#                                          #¶@£$/~,..
...,~/$£@¶                                          ¶@£$/~,...
....,~/$£@                                          @£$/~,....
.....,~/$£               (EQUISETUM)                £$/~,.....
......,~/$                                          $/~,......
.......,~/                                          /~,.......
......,~/$                                          $/~,......
.....,~/$£        .,~/~,. 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.         ##¶@£$/~,.
..,~/$£@¶#                                          #¶@£$/~,..
...,~/$£@¶                                          ¶@£$/~,...
....,~/$£@                                          @£$/~,....
.....,~/$£                                          £$/~,.....
......,~/$                                          $/~,......