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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.     .......^«=
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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. ..^«=*&&@#
##@&&*=«^.                                          .^«=*&&@##
#@&&*=«^.. 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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