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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 ..:~//§§§§
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#%/:...... 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    .:~/§%§###
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##%//:....    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 .....:/%##
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