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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 ¨.«*==%%##
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####&=*«.¨   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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###&%=*«.¨ 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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