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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. /--.......
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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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.....--/$$ IN THIS CASE WE WOULD USE DEET, $$/--.....
....--/$$@ OR DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE AS IT'S ALSO CALLED. @$$/--....
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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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