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.......... IMAGINE IF  YOU  WILL,  A LUSH BLUEBERRY ..........
.......... SPRUCE  FOREST, WITH  ROLLING  HILLS AND ..........
-.........          KNEE-DEEP UNDERBRUSH.           .........-
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†«-....... THE  GROUND IS SOFT.  LEAVES IN  ALL  OF .......-«†
%†«-...... THE  SEVEN STAGES  OF DECOMPOSITION  ARE ......-«†%
&%†«-.....   PACKED LOOSELY TOGETHER... SOMETIMES   .....-«†%&
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##&%†«-...            OUT OF THE HILLS.             ...-«†%&##
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###&%†«-.. OF IT ALL, A  CREVICE FILLED WITH WATER. ..-«†%&###
##&%†«-...   BIRD CHERRIES AT THE EDGES, DIPPING    ...-«†%&##
#&%†«-.... THEIR LONG FINGERS  BENEATH THE SURFACE. ....-«†%&#
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†«-.......      ARE SWARMING ABOVE THE SURFACE.     .......-«†
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-.........        WATER STRIDERS, MOSQUITOS,        .........-
..........         BACK FLIES, CRANE FLIES.         ..........
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##&%†«-... IN   THIS   CASE   WE  WOULD  USE  DEET, ...-«†%&##
###&%†«-.. OR DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE AS IT'S ALSO CALLED. ..-«†%&###
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###&%†«-.. DEET  SHOULD  BE APPLIED TO  YOUR  SKIN. ..-«†%&###
##&%†«-... YOU SHOULD COVER ALL SKIN  THAT IS TO BE ...-«†%&##
#&%†«-.... EXPOSED TO AIR.  IT'S OK TO  GET SOME IN ....-«†%&#
&%†«-..... THE EYES.  RUB  UNTIL  IT  FEELS  RIGHT, .....-«†%&
%†«-...... UNTIL THE  SKIN FEELS  GOOD. LET IT SOAK ......-«†%
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-.........       YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS.       .........-
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