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