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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.           §¨§¨¨§¨§§§
¨§§§¨¨¨§§§                                          §§§¨§§§¨¨¨
§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§ 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.         §¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨§§§§§                ::::::::::                §§§§¨¨§¨§§
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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.                   §§§§§§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨¨§§§§¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨       YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS.       ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§
§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨
§§¨§¨§§§§¨                                          ¨¨§§§§¨§§§
¨§§§§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
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