.&....&.&& &&&&..&.&&
&&&...&&&. &...&.&&&.
&..&..&..& .&..&&&..&
.&.&&.&&.& .&&.&..&.&
&&&&.&&.&& .&.&&&.&&&
....&&.&&. in the depths of may. &&&&..&&..
....&.&&.& &...&.&.&.
....&&&.&& †††††††††† &&..&&&&&&
&...&..&&. ††### †† ..&.&.....
&&..&&.&.& ††### †† &.&&&&....
&.&.&.&&&& †† ###†† &&&...&...
&&&&&&&... †† ###†† &..&..&&..
&......&.. †††††††††† &&.&&.&.&.
&&.....&&. ..&&.&&&&&
..&....&.& 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. .&..&&&&..
..&&&&&&.& .&&.&...&.
..&.....&& †††††††††† &&.&&&..&&
&.&&....&. ††### †† ..&&..&.&.
&&&.&...&& ††### †† ..&.&.&&&&
...&&&..&. †† ###†† ..&&&&&...
...&..&.&& †† ###†† ..&....&..
...&&.&&&. †††††††††† ..&&...&&.
...&.&&..& ..&.&..&.&
&..&&&.&.& 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. &&..&&..&.
..&.&....& &.&.&.&.&&
&.&&&&...& .&&&&&&&&.
&&&...&..& &&.......&
...&..&&.& ..&......&
&..&&.&.&& ..&&.....&