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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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§§§§¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§