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¨&&¨&¨&¨¨& ¨¨&&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& IN THE DEPTHS OF MAY. ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& \\\\\\\\\\ ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& \\### \\ ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& \\### \\ ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& \\ ###\\ ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& \\ ###\\ ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& \\\\\\\\\\ ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& 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. ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& \\\\\\\\\\ ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& \\### \\ ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& \\### \\ ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& \\ ###\\ ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& \\ ###\\ ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& \\\\\\\\\\ ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& 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. ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨&& ¨&¨&¨¨&¨&¨
&¨&¨&¨&¨¨& ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨