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..,«=^$### IMAGINE IF YOU WILL, A LUSH BLUEBERRY ###$^=«,..
.,«=^$#### SPRUCE FOREST, WITH ROLLING HILLS AND ####$^=«,.
..,«=^$### KNEE-DEEP UNDERBRUSH. ###$^=«,..
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....,«=^$# PACKED LOOSELY TOGETHER... SOMETIMES #$^=«,....
...,«=^$## THERE ARE ROCKS. BIGGER BOULDERS PEEK ##$^=«,...
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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. ##$^=«,...
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...,«=^$## 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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