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