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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 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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....&..&&. 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, &&.&&&..&&
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