,,,~=†^&¤@                                          @¤&^†=~,,,
,,~=†^&¤@#                                          #@¤&^†=~,,
,~=†^&¤@##                                          ##@¤&^†=~,
,,~=†^&¤@#                                          #@¤&^†=~,,
,,,~=†^&¤@                                          @¤&^†=~,,,
,,,,~=†^&¤               (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.          ^†=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~=†^&                                          &^†=~,,,,,
,,,,~=†^&¤                                          ¤&^†=~,,,,
,,,~=†^&¤@                                          @¤&^†=~,,,
,,~=†^&¤@#                                          #@¤&^†=~,,
,~=†^&¤@##                                          ##@¤&^†=~,