¨~=:*§@###                                          ###@§*:=~¨
¨¨~=:*§@##                                          ##@§*:=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=:*§@#                                          #@§*:=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=:*§@                                          @§*:=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=:*§                                          §*:=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=:*                (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.         @§*:=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=:*§@#                                          #@§*:=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=:*§@##                                          ##@§*:=~¨¨
¨~=:*§@###                                          ###@§*:=~¨
¨¨~=:*§@##                                          ##@§*:=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=:*§@#                                          #@§*:=~¨¨¨