.........^                                          ^.........
........^=                                          =^........
.......^=^                                          ^=^.......
......^=^%                                          %^=^......
.....^=^%$                                          $%^=^.....
....^=^%$#       =====                              #$%^=^....
...^=^%$##      =^^==%==                            ##$%^=^...
..^=^%$###     =^^^^%^%%$                     .     ###$%^=^..
.^=^%$####     ==%%%%%%$$                      .    ####$%^=^.
..^=^%$###      =%%%$$$$$   .      FOREST      .    ###$%^=^..
...^=^%$##       $$$$$$     .                 .%.   ##$%^=^...
....^=^%$#         £#      ...                 %    #$%^=^....
.....^=^%$         $#       .                  % .  $%^=^.....
......^=^%  .=.    $#      .%                . %.   %^=^......
.......^=^  =#=    £#       %^   .^.  .=.     ^%    ^=^.......
........^=   #     £#   .   %.   ^#^  =#=      %^   =^........
.........^ . # . . $#  .^.  %  .  #    #  ..^^#$$££ ^.........
.......... #$£ $##£##$#£##£#$##$#£### $####£#$#£### ..........
.......... ######################################## ..........
..........  #  #     #    # #         #      #      ..........
..........  #  #     #    # #         #      #      ..........
..........  .  =     ^    ^ =         .      ^      ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... THE FOREST IS A BUNCH OF  COLLECTIVES OF ..........
.........^ PLANTS AND ANIMALS APPEARING ON MANY  OF ^.........
........^=           THE EARTHS SURFACES.           =^........
.......^=^                                          ^=^.......
......^=^% THE  PLANTS TIE A KNOT WITH  AND  AROUND %^=^......
.....^=^%$    THEMSELVES, AND THE CREATURES NEST    $%^=^.....
....^=^%$#                 INSIDE.                  #$%^=^....
...^=^%$##                                          ##$%^=^...
..^=^%$### THE  DENSER,  WARMER REGIONS  -  LOUDER, ###$%^=^..
.^=^%$####           CHAOTIC, DANGEROUS.            ####$%^=^.
..^=^%$### TOWARD  THE  POLES,  SILENT  AND  STILL. ###$%^=^..
...^=^%$##                 MOSTLY.                  ##$%^=^...
....^=^%$#                                          #$%^=^....
.....^=^%$                 ^^###^^                  $%^=^.....
......^=^%                                          %^=^......
.......^=^ THE COLORS  WILL CHANGE WITH THE SEASONS ^=^.......
........^=        IN PLACES THAT HAVE SEASONS       =^........
.........^                                          ^.........
..........         WE WOULD TRAVEL FOR DAYS         ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... THERE CAN BE  ROADS  BUT THE  FOREST  IS ..........
..........               THE ANTI-ROAD              ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... A   WIND,  COOL  AND  PASSING  COHERENCE ..........
..........                                          ..........
.........^      A DENSE AND CLINGY DESTINATION      ^.........
........^=                                          =^........
.......^=^                 ^^###^^                  ^=^.......
......^=^%                                          %^=^......
.....^=^%$          THE ULTIMATE BIOTOPE!           $%^=^.....
....^=^%$#                                          #$%^=^....
...^=^%$## YOU  MIGHT  VERY   WELL   DIE  IN  HERE. ##$%^=^...
..^=^%$###                                          ###$%^=^..
.^=^%$####                 ^^###^^                  ####$%^=^.
..^=^%$###                                          ###$%^=^..
...^=^%$## IF SOMETHING, A LAKE OR A  CREATURE OR A ##$%^=^...
....^=^%$# CRYSTAL, IS SURROUNDED ON  ALL SIDES  BY #$%^=^....
.....^=^%$ THE  SAME  FOREST,  IT  IS  SAID  TO  BE $%^=^.....
......^=^%                INSIDE IT.                %^=^......
.......^=^                                          ^=^.......
........^= SOME  FORESTS  ARE OLDER  THAN  MAN, BUT =^........
.........^    MANY ARE YOUNGER, ARTIFICIAL ONES,    ^.........
.......... WHERE   THE  TREES  ARE  PLANTED  TO  BE ..........
..........                HARVESTED.                ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... TALES  TELL OF A MYSTERIOUS DEEP FOREST, ..........
..........      A BERMUDA TRIANGLE OF THE LAND,     ..........
.......... ACCESSIBLE FROM ALL  FORESTS AT  DUSK OR ..........
..........                  DAWN.                   ..........
.........^                                          ^.........
........^=  .  =     ^    ^ =         .      ^      =^........
.......^=^  #  #     #    # #         #      #      ^=^.......
......^=^%  #  #     #    # #         #      #      %^=^......
.....^=^%$ ######################################## $%^=^.....
....^=^%$# #$£ $##£##$#£##£#$##$#£### $####£#$#£### #$%^=^....
...^=^%$## . # . . $#  .^.  %  .  #    #  ..^^#$$££ ##$%^=^...
..^=^%$###   #     £#   .   %.   ^#^  =#=      %^   ###$%^=^..
.^=^%$####  =#=    £#       %^   .^.  .=.     ^%    ####$%^=^.
..^=^%$###  .=.    $#      .%                . %.   ###$%^=^..
...^=^%$##         $#       .                  % .  ##$%^=^...
....^=^%$#         £#      ...                 %    #$%^=^....
.....^=^%$       $$$$$$     .                 .%.   $%^=^.....
......^=^%      =%%%$$$$$   .      FOREST      .    %^=^......
.......^=^     ==%%%%%%$$                      .    ^=^.......
........^=     =^^^^%^%%$                     .     =^........
.........^      =^^==%==                            ^.........
..........       =====                              ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........