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.......... ~~††††††%% . ..........
.......... ~†††%%%%% . forest . ..........
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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. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... the denser, warmer regions - louder, ..........
.......... chaotic, dangerous. ..........
.......... toward the poles, silent and still. ..........
.......... mostly. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ^^@#@^^ ..........
~......... .........~
~~........ the colors will change with the seasons ........~~
^~~....... in places that have seasons .......~~^
†^~~...... ......~~^†
%†^~~..... we would travel for days .....~~^†%
&%†^~~.... ....~~^†%&
#&%†^~~... there can be roads but the forest is ...~~^†%
@#&%†^~~.. the anti-road ..~~^†%@
#@#&%†^~~. .~~^†%@#
@#&%†^~~.. a wind, cool and passing coherence ..~~^†%@
#&%†^~~... ...~~^†%
&%†^~~.... a dense and clingy destination ....~~^†%&
%†^~~..... .....~~^†%
†^~~...... ^^@#@^^ ......~~^†
^~~....... .......~~^
~~........ the ultimate biotope! ........~~
~......... .........~
.......... you might very well die in here. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ^^@#@^^ ..........
.......... ..........
.......... if something, a lake or a creature or a ..........
.......... crystal, is surrounded on all sides by ..........
.......... the same forest, it is said to be ..........
.......... inside it. ..........
.......... ..........
~......... some forests are older than man, but .........~
~~........ many are younger, artificial ones, ........~~
^~~....... where the trees are planted to be .......~~^
†^~~...... harvested. ......~~^†
%†^~~..... .....~~^†%
&%†^~~.... tales tell of a mysterious deep forest, ....~~^†%&
#&%†^~~... a bermuda triangle of the land, ...~~^†%
@#&%†^~~.. accessible from all forests at dusk or ..~~^†%@
#@#&%†^~~. dawn. .~~^†%@#
@#&%†^~~.. ..~~^†%@
#&%†^~~... . ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ ...~~^†%
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.......... ~^^^^†^††% . ..........
.......... ~^^~~†~~ ..........
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