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@£=*«..... IMAGINE IF  YOU  WILL,  A LUSH BLUEBERRY .....«*=£@
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#¶@£=*«...           KNEE-DEEP UNDERBRUSH.          ...«*=£@¶#
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¶@£=*«.... THE  SEVEN STAGES  OF DECOMPOSITION  ARE ....«*=£@¶
@£=*«.....   PACKED LOOSELY TOGETHER... SOMETIMES   .....«*=£@
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=*«.......             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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¶@£=*«.... 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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