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,,=*===# ##&===*=,,
,=*=%### ####&%=*=,
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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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