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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. #@#$=/-~..
.~-/=$#@## ##@#$=/-~.
..~-/=$#@# 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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