#@@%%;=:.. ..:=;%%@@#
@@%%;=:... ...:=;%%@@
#@@%%;=:.. ..:=;%%@@#
##@@%%;=:. .:=;%%@@##
#@@%%;=:.. ..:=;%%@@#
@@%%;=:... ................ ...:=;%%@@
#@@%%;=:.. THE ALVAR FIELDS ..:=;%%@@#
##@@%%;=:. %%%##########%%% .:=;%%@@##
#@@%%;=:.. ..:=;%%@@#
@@%%;=:... FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, THIRTY ODD ...:=;%%@@
#@@%%;=:.. KILOMETERS. FROM WEST TO EAST, FOUR ..:=;%%@@#
##@@%%;=:. THOUSAND METERS. FROM TOPSOIL TO STONE, .:=;%%@@##
#@@%%;=:.. A FOOT OR TWO. NO ROOTS CAN FESTER, NO ..:=;%%@@#
@@%%;=:... DUST CAN LINGER. ...:=;%%@@
#@@%%;=:.. ..:=;%%@@#
##@@%%;=:. HERE IS EARTH, CLAY, AND STURDY LOW .:=;%%@@##
#@@%%;=:.. PLANTS. BUSHES FRAME THE STRIP. THE ..:=;%%@@#
@@%%;=:... EARTH IS BARE IN PATCHES AS LARGE AS ...:=;%%@@
#@@%%;=:.. YOU AND ME. ..:=;%%@@#
##@@%%;=:. .:=;%%@@##
#@@%%;=:.. CROSS IT TO GET TO THE OCEAN, OR DON'T ..:=;%%@@#
@@%%;=:... TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE. ...:=;%%@@
#@@%%;=:.. ..:=;%%@@#
##@@%%;=:. .:=;%%@@##
#@@%%;=:.. ..:=;%%@@#
@@%%;=:... ...:=;%%@@
#@@%%;=:.. ..:=;%%@@#
##@@%%;=:. .:=;%%@@##