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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 ¨¨¨¨^=;=%&
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;
=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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