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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.             §¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
§§¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §§§§¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§§§¨¨¨§§§ 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.                    ¨¨§§§§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§§§§¨
§§¨¨¨§§§¨§       YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS.       §§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨§§§                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨§§§
§§¨§§¨§¨¨§                                          §§§¨§¨§¨¨§
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§§¨§¨§¨¨§§                                          §§¨¨¨§¨¨§§