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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. ........:=
:......... .........:
.......... 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 .......:=*
=*=:...... IN. ......:=*=
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¤§=*=:.... YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS. ....:=*=§¤
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