And a paw reached forward tentatively because the hard ground was littered with pine cones and he was a domestic lion unaccustomed to the wilderness.

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In the region, heavy wet snow has pine trees bent over to the ground and power lines torn free from houses.

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The site is a panoramic ground on the edge of the Jerusalem Forest of pine and cypress trees.

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When the mulch on the ground is made of leaves from fall past, pine needles of winter present and ever-so-slight hints of green desperately attempting to push through.

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