......:-^% %^-:......
.......:-^ ^-:.......
........:- -:........
.........: :.........
.......... ..........
.........: 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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