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.&&..&&&.& IMAGINE IF YOU WILL, A LUSH BLUEBERRY ..&&&....&
&.&.&..&&. SPRUCE FOREST, WITH ROLLING HILLS AND .&..&...&&
&&&&&.&.&. KNEE-DEEP UNDERBRUSH. &&.&&..&..
....&&&&&. .&&.&.&&.&
...&....&. 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. &&&..&&&.&
...&&....& ..&.&..&&&
..&.&...&& 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 &&.&.&..&.
&...&..&&& IN. .&&&&&.&&.
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&.&.&&&..& YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS. &...&.&&..
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