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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 .~~===%¤¤¤
@@@¤%*=~~. THERE ARE ROCKS. BIGGER BOULDERS PEEK .~~=*%¤@@@
##@¤%*=~~. OUT OF THE HILLS. .~~=*%¤@##
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#¤¤%%*=~~. THERE COULD BE, SOMEWHERE IN THE DEPTHS .~~=*%%¤¤#
@¤¤**=~~.. OF IT ALL, A CREVICE FILLED WITH WATER. ..~~=**¤¤@
@¤¤%*~~... BIRD CHERRIES AT THE EDGES, DIPPING ...~~*%¤¤@
@%*=~~.... THEIR LONG FINGERS BENEATH THE SURFACE. ....~~=*%@
##@¤%*=~~. WATER LILIES, MAYBE. THE WATER IS .~~=*%¤@##
¤%*~~~.... YELLOW-GREEN WITH POLLEN, AND INSECTS ....~~~*%¤
#@%%**=~~. 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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