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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WATER STRIDERS, MOSQUITOS, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BACK FLIES, CRANE FLIES. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
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**~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ **### ** ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~**
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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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