@§§†††=«,¨                                          ¨,«=†††§§@
#@@§¤†=«,¨                                          ¨,«=†¤§@@#
@@@§¤†=«,¨                                          ¨,«=†¤§@@@
#@@§¤†=«,¨                                          ¨,«=†¤§@@#
#@@§¤†=«,¨                                          ¨,«=†¤§@@#
@@¤¤¤†=«,¨                (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.         ¨,«=†¤¤§§@
§††««¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨««††§
@§¤††«¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨«††¤§@
@§¤=«,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,«=¤§@
#@@§¤†=«,¨                                          ¨,«=†¤§@@#
#@@§¤†=«,¨                                          ¨,«=†¤§@@#