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......,«/* THE FOREST IS  A BUNCH OF COLLECTIVES OF */«,......
.....,«/*$ PLANTS AND ANIMALS APPEARING  ON MANY OF $*/«,.....
....,«/*$@           THE EARTHS SURFACES.           @$*/«,....
...,«/*$@@                                          @@$*/«,...
..,«/*$@@# THE PLANTS  TIE  A KNOT WITH AND  AROUND #@@$*/«,..
.,«/*$@@##    THEMSELVES, AND THE CREATURES NEST    ##@@$*/«,.
..,«/*$@@#                 INSIDE.                  #@@$*/«,..
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....,«/*$@ THE DENSER,  WARMER  REGIONS  -  LOUDER, @$*/«,....
.....,«/*$            CHAOTIC, DANGEROUS.           $*/«,.....
......,«/* TOWARD  THE  POLES,  SILENT  AND  STILL. */«,......
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........,«        IN PLACES THAT HAVE SEASONS       «,........
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...,«/*$@@              THE ANTI-ROAD               @@$*/«,...
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.,«/*$@@## A  WIND,  COOL   AND  PASSING  COHERENCE ##@@$*/«,.
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....,«/*$@                INSIDE IT.                @$*/«,....
...,«/*$@@                                          @@$*/«,...
..,«/*$@@# SOME FORESTS  ARE  OLDER THAN  MAN,  BUT #@@$*/«,..
.,«/*$@@##    MANY ARE YOUNGER, ARTIFICIAL ONES,    ##@@$*/«,.
..,«/*$@@# WHERE  THE  TREES  ARE  PLANTED  TO   BE #@@$*/«,..
...,«/*$@@                HARVESTED.                @@$*/«,...
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.....,«/*$ TALES TELL OF  A MYSTERIOUS DEEP FOREST, $*/«,.....
......,«/*     A BERMUDA TRIANGLE OF THE LAND,      */«,......
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