When not in use, the power-operated third row folds down at the push of a button to create a flat cargo floor.

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The real trick, though, is that the back of the passenger compartment folds down, allowing the bed to stretch straight into the cabin.

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Below, rice terraces run down the hillsides at right angles, as neatly as the folds in origami paper.

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Heavy-lidded eyes cast down, he concentrates intently on a book, with the deep, swirling folds of his enveloping red cloak serving as a visible metaphor for the cocoon of his ecstatic absorption.

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