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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. ,&,,&,&&&&
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&,&&,&,&&&                 ††@#@††                  &&,&&,,&,,
&&&,&&&&,,                                          &,&&,&,&&,
&,,&&,,,&, 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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