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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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