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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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