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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,        ..........
..........         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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#@$%†=~... DEET SHOULD  BE  APPLIED TO  YOUR  SKIN. ...~=†%$@#
##@$%†=~.. YOU SHOULD COVER  ALL SKIN THAT IS TO BE ..~=†%$@##
###@$%†=~. EXPOSED  TO AIR. IT'S OK TO GET SOME  IN .~=†%$@###
##@$%†=~.. THE  EYES.  RUB  UNTIL IT  FEELS  RIGHT, ..~=†%$@##
#@$%†=~... UNTIL THE SKIN FEELS GOOD. LET  IT  SOAK ...~=†%$@#
@$%†=~....                    IN.                   ....~=†%$@
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%†=~......       YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS.       ......~=†%
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