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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.           ...:~/%%@#
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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 ..........
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