¨¨¨^~:$&¤#                                          #¤&$:~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~:$&¤                                          ¤&$:~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~:$&                                          &$:~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~:$                                          $:~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~:$&                                          &$:~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~:$&¤               (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.         @#¤&$:~^¨¨
¨^~:$&¤#@#                                          #@#¤&$:~^¨
¨¨^~:$&¤#@                                          @#¤&$:~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~:$&¤#                                          #¤&$:~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~:$&¤                                          ¤&$:~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~:$&                                          &$:~^¨¨¨¨¨