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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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###@%$*~., IN THIS CASE WE WOULD USE DEET, ,.~*$%@###
###@%$*~., OR DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE AS IT'S ALSO CALLED. ,.~*$%@###
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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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