,^~/†¤¤#@# #@#¤¤†/~^,
^~/†¤¤#@## ##@#¤¤†/~^
,,^^~///¤¤ ¤¤///~^^,,
,^~/†¤¤#@# #@#¤¤†/~^,
,^~/†¤¤#@# #@#¤¤†/~^,
,^^^^^/¤## (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. ¤¤††~^^^,,
,,,,^~~†¤# #¤†~~^,,,,
,^~/†¤¤#@# #@#¤¤†/~^,
,^~/†¤¤#@# #@#¤¤†/~^,
,^~/†¤¤#@# #@#¤¤†/~^,
,,,^^~††¤@ @¤††~^^,,,