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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. $=:,......
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...,:=$&¶# OF IT ALL, A CREVICE FILLED WITH WATER. #¶&$=:,...
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.,:=$&¶### THEIR LONG FINGERS BENEATH THE SURFACE. ###¶&$=:,.
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.......... IN THIS CASE WE WOULD USE DEET, ..........
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.......,:= DEET SHOULD BE APPLIED TO YOUR SKIN. =:,.......
......,:=$ YOU SHOULD COVER ALL SKIN THAT IS TO BE $=:,......
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....,:=$&¶ THE EYES. RUB UNTIL IT FEELS RIGHT, ¶&$=:,....
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