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.......~~; PLANTS AND ANIMALS APPEARING ON MANY OF ;~~.......
........~~ THE EARTHS SURFACES. ~~........
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.......... THE PLANTS TIE A KNOT WITH AND AROUND ..........
.........~ THEMSELVES, AND THE CREATURES NEST ~.........
........~~ INSIDE. ~~........
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......~~;% THE DENSER, WARMER REGIONS - LOUDER, %;~~......
.....~~;%& CHAOTIC, DANGEROUS. &%;~~.....
....~~;%&& TOWARD THE POLES, SILENT AND STILL. &&%;~~....
...~~;%& MOSTLY. #&&%;~~...
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...~~;%& THE COLORS WILL CHANGE WITH THE SEASONS #&&%;~~...
....~~;%&& IN PLACES THAT HAVE SEASONS &&%;~~....
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......~~;% WE WOULD TRAVEL FOR DAYS %;~~......
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.........~ THE ANTI-ROAD ~.........
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.........~ A WIND, COOL AND PASSING COHERENCE ~.........
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.......~~; A DENSE AND CLINGY DESTINATION ;~~.......
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...~~;%& THE ULTIMATE BIOTOPE! #&&%;~~...
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.......~~; THE SAME FOREST, IT IS SAID TO BE ;~~.......
........~~ INSIDE IT. ~~........
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.......... SOME FORESTS ARE OLDER THAN MAN, BUT ..........
.........~ MANY ARE YOUNGER, ARTIFICIAL ONES, ~.........
........~~ WHERE THE TREES ARE PLANTED TO BE ~~........
.......~~; HARVESTED. ;~~.......
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.....~~;%& TALES TELL OF A MYSTERIOUS DEEP FOREST, &%;~~.....
....~~;%&& A BERMUDA TRIANGLE OF THE LAND, &&%;~~....
...~~;%& ACCESSIBLE FROM ALL FORESTS AT DUSK OR #&&%;~~...
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