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.......... THE FOREST IS A BUNCH  OF COLLECTIVES OF ..........
.......... PLANTS AND ANIMALS APPEARING ON MANY  OF ..........
..........           THE EARTHS SURFACES.           ..........
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-~........ THE PLANTS  TIE  A KNOT  WITH AND AROUND ........~-
†-~.......    THEMSELVES, AND THE CREATURES NEST    .......~-†
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¤%*†-~.... THE  DENSER, WARMER  REGIONS  -  LOUDER, ....~-†*%¤
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%*†-~..... THE COLORS WILL  CHANGE WITH THE SEASONS .....~-†*%
*†-~......        IN PLACES THAT HAVE SEASONS       ......~-†*
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-~........         WE WOULD TRAVEL FOR DAYS         ........~-
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.......... THERE  CAN BE  ROADS BUT  THE FOREST  IS ..........
..........              THE ANTI-ROAD               ..........
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.......... A  WIND,   COOL  AND  PASSING  COHERENCE ..........
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..........      A DENSE AND CLINGY DESTINATION      ..........
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~.........           THE ULTIMATE BIOTOPE!          .........~
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†-~....... 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 .~-†*%¤###
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¤%*†-~.... SOME  FORESTS ARE OLDER  THAN  MAN,  BUT ....~-†*%¤
%*†-~.....    MANY ARE YOUNGER, ARTIFICIAL ONES,    .....~-†*%
*†-~...... WHERE   THE  TREES  ARE  PLANTED  TO  BE ......~-†*
†-~.......                HARVESTED.                .......~-†
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~......... 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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