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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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