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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.            &$%:~.....
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.......~:% THERE COULD BE, SOMEWHERE IN  THE DEPTHS %:~.......
........~: OF IT ALL, A CREVICE FILLED  WITH WATER. :~........
.........~   BIRD CHERRIES AT THE EDGES, DIPPING    ~.........
........~: THEIR LONG FINGERS BENEATH  THE SURFACE. :~........
.......~:%     WATER LILIES, MAYBE. THE WATER IS    %:~.......
......~:%$   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. $%:~......
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....~:%$&# 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 #&$%:~....
.....~:%$&                   IN.                    &$%:~.....
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.......~:%       YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS.       %:~.......
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