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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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