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