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¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§ EMPIRE SPANNING THE ENTIRE EARTH, TAKING ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§ ON  THE  ROLES  NOW  GIVEN   TO   GRASS, ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§
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¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ TWELVE THOUSAND  SPEICES  ARE  LEFT  AND ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                ON WATER.                 ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
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¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨ THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FERN AND A MOSS ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§ WITHIN  ITSELF.  THE  MOSS  HAS  TO  USE §§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§          EXTERNAL WATER TRANSFER         ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
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§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ EVERY INDIVIDUAL MIGHT  LOOK  VERY  MUCH §¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§
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¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§ OTHER  PLANTS  IN  THE VICINITY GET SICK ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§ AS  WELL. SO THERE IS  ALWAYS  RECEPTION ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
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