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,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=
==~,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~==
%==~,¨¨¨¨¨                (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.         ¨¨¨¨¨,~==%
#%==~,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,~==%#
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