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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. ..........
.........- -.........
........-- 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. @@$†*--...
....--*†$@ @$†*--....
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........-- IN THIS CASE WE WOULD USE DEET, --........
.......--* OR DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE AS IT'S ALSO CALLED. *--.......
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.....--*†$ 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. #@@$†*--..
...--*†$@@ @@$†*--...
....--*†$@ YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS. @$†*--....
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