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§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨             THE ALVAR FIELDS             §¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨§§             ***#@#@#@#@#@***             §¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨ FROM   NORTH   TO   SOUTH,  THIRTY   ODD §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ KILOMETERS.  FROM  WEST  TO  EAST,  FOUR ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ THOUSAND METERS. FROM TOPSOIL TO  STONE, ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ A FOOT OR TWO.  NO ROOTS  CAN FESTER, NO ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨             DUST CAN LINGER.             ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
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§¨§§¨¨¨§§§ HERE IS  EARTH,  CLAY,  AND  STURDY  LOW ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§ PLANTS.  BUSHES  FRAME  THE  STRIP.  THE §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ EARTH  IS  BARE IN PATCHES AS  LARGE  AS §§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                YOU AND ME.               §§§¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨ CROSS IT TO GET  TO THE OCEAN, OR  DON'T ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§          TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE.          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
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