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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.          ..........
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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 :~^.......
......^~:=             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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