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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 ##¶§*===~.
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.....~==§§       YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS.       §§==~.....
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