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&.&.&&.&&. IN THE DEPTHS OF MAY. &&&&&&&.&.
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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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&..&&...&& 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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.&&&.&&.&. 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. &.&&...&.&
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..&.&..&&& YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS. .&&&.&..&.
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