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¨~*%*&####               (EQUISETUM)                ####&*%*~¨
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¨¨¨¨¨::**&        ¨:~*~:¨ THE PLANT ¨:~*~:¨         &**::¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨:***## 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.               ###&*%*~:¨
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¨:~~~%**&# 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.            #&**~:¨¨¨¨
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¨:~*%*&###                   AREAS                  ###&*%*~:¨
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¨¨¨¨~~%**#         ¨:~*~:¨ IN MAGIC ¨:~*~:¨         #**%~~¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨:*%& 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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