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§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ FERNS ARE THE RESTS OF AN ANCIENT  PLANT §§§¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ EMPIRE SPANNING THE ENTIRE EARTH, TAKING §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ ON   THE  ROLES  NOW  GIVEN  TO   GRASS, ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨        BUSHES, TREES AND FLOWERS.        ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ TWELVE  THOUSAND  SPEICES ARE  LEFT  AND §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ ABOVE THE REST OF THE WORLD.  SOME FLOAT ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨                ON WATER.                 ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨§¨§ THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FERN AND A MOSS §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§ IS  THAT THE  FERN  CAN  TRANSFER  WATER ¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§ WITHIN  ITSELF.  THE  MOSS  HAS  TO  USE ¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨          EXTERNAL WATER TRANSFER         ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
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¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ CALLED  EAGLE  FERN OR BRACKEN  OR EAGLE ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ BRACKEN.  IT  LIVES  IN  COLONIES  WHERE ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ EVERY  INDIVIDUAL MIGHT  LOOK VERY  MUCH ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§ PROPORTIONS   (WHICH  CAN  BE   HARD  TO §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ A  BIT  SCARY,  ESPECIALLY  AFTER YOU'VE ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
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¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ IF YOU EAT THEM YOU GET SICK.  IN  FACT, §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ OTHER PLANTS  IN THE  VICINITY  GET SICK ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ AS  WELL.  SO THERE IS ALWAYS  RECEPTION ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
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¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨      CONTAINS MISTLETOE DNA IN ITS       ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
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¨§§§¨¨§¨§§                                          §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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