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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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§§§§§§§§¨¨                                          §§§§¨¨§§¨¨