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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   #£**†=-...
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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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