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§;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ IN THE DEPTHS OF MAY. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;§
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§;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨~~;§*¤
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#¤*§;~~¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;§
;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;
~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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