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@%†/~~.... ....~~/†%@
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#&&†//~... IN THE DEPTHS OF MAY. ...~//†&&#
##@&%†/~~. .~~/†%&@##
&&†~~..... ////////// .....~~†&&
&&&†/~~... //### // ...~~/†&&&
@&††††/~~. //### // .~~/††††&@
#&&%//~~~. // ###// .~~~//%&&#
##@&%†/~~. // ###// .~~/†%&@##
@@&&%†/~~. ////////// .~~/†%&&@@
##@&%†/~~. .~~/†%&@##
##@&%†/~~. 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. .~~/††††&@
@%/~...... ......~/%@
##@&%†/~~. 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. ......~/%@
###@&†/~~. .~~/†&@###
##@&%†/~~. ////////// .~~/†%&@##
##@&%†/~~. //### // .~~/†%&@##
#&†~...... //### // ......~†&#
###&%†/~~. // ###// .~~/†%&###
##@&%†/~~. // ###// .~~/†%&@##
##@&%†/~~. ////////// .~~/†%&@##
###@&%†/~~ ~~/†%&@###
##@&%†/~~. 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 .~~/†%&@##
@@@&%†/~~. IN. .~~/†%&@@@
&%††//~... ...~//††%&
##@&%†/~~. YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS. .~~/†%&@##
###@&%/~~. .~~/%&@###
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