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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.      #§$%†~~...
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.~~†%$§###        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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