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,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;§
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;~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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