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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.           ¨¨¨¨~%§§§§
##@§§%†~,¨                                          ¨,~†%§§@##
#§§§†††~,¨ 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.     ¨,~†%§§@##
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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. ¨,~†%§§@##
##@§§%†~,¨                                          ¨,~†%§§@##
#§§%†~¨¨¨¨ 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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