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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 ...&...&.&
.&&&.&&&.& IN. ...&&..&&&
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&.&.&.&.&. YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS. ...&&&&&&.
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