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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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..~«†%*#@#                ††###   ††                #@#*%†«~..
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..~«†%*#@#                ††   ###††                #@#*%†«~..
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....~«†%*#                ††††††††††                #*%†«~....
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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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