#§&*=~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~=*&§#
##§&*=~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~=*&§##
###§&*=~,¨                                          ¨,~=*&§###
##§&*=~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~=*&§##
#§&*=~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~=*&§#
§&*=~,¨¨¨¨                (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.         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=
*=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=*
&*=~,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,~=*&
§&*=~,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,~=*&§
#§&*=~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~=*&§#