#@#¤=«,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,«=¤#@#
##@#¤=«,¨¨                                          ¨¨,«=¤#@##
###@#¤=«,¨                                          ¨,«=¤#@###
##@#¤=«,¨¨                                          ¨¨,«=¤#@##
#@#¤=«,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,«=¤#@#
@#¤=«,¨¨¨¨               (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.          ¨¨,«=¤#@##
###@#¤=«,¨                                          ¨,«=¤#@###
##@#¤=«,¨¨                                          ¨¨,«=¤#@##
#@#¤=«,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,«=¤#@#
@#¤=«,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,«=¤#@
#@#¤=«,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,«=¤#@#