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