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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 $*\=^.....
......^=\* YELLOW-GREEN WITH POLLEN, AND INSECTS *\=^......
.......^=\ ARE SWARMING ABOVE THE SURFACE. \=^.......
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.........^ WATER STRIDERS, MOSQUITOS, ^.........
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.........^ IN THIS CASE WE WOULD USE DEET, ^.........
........^= OR DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE AS IT'S ALSO CALLED. =^........
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......^=\* DEET SHOULD BE APPLIED TO YOUR SKIN. *\=^......
.....^=\*$ 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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