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=......... IMAGINE  IF YOU WILL, A  LUSH  BLUEBERRY .........=
*=........ SPRUCE  FOREST, WITH  ROLLING HILLS  AND ........=*
%*=.......           KNEE-DEEP UNDERBRUSH.          .......=*%
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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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##£%*=.... 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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