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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. ....~~=†*#
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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. .....=*@##
###@#@*†~. .~†*@#@###
##@#@*†=~. 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. ....~=†*#@
@#*††††=~. .~=††††*#@
##@#@*†=~. YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS. .~=†*@#@##
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