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