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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. #%%**:~¨¨¨
¨~=:*%¤### ###¤%*:=~¨
¨~=:*%¤### 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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