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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 ¨¨¨:«=§*§#
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#§*§=«:¨¨¨ PACKED LOOSELY TOGETHER... SOMETIMES ¨¨¨:«=§*§#
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#§*§=«:¨¨¨ THERE COULD BE, SOMEWHERE IN THE DEPTHS ¨¨¨:«=§*§#
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#§*§=«:¨¨¨ BIRD CHERRIES AT THE EDGES, DIPPING ¨¨¨:«=§*§#
##§*§=«:¨¨ THEIR LONG FINGERS BENEATH THE SURFACE. ¨¨:«=§*§##
###§*§=«:¨ WATER LILIES, MAYBE. THE WATER IS ¨:«=§*§###
##§*§=«:¨¨ YELLOW-GREEN WITH POLLEN, AND INSECTS ¨¨:«=§*§##
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##§*§=«:¨¨ DEET SHOULD BE APPLIED TO YOUR SKIN. ¨¨:«=§*§##
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##§*§=«:¨¨ EXPOSED TO AIR. IT'S OK TO GET SOME IN ¨¨:«=§*§##
#§*§=«:¨¨¨ THE EYES. RUB UNTIL IT FEELS RIGHT, ¨¨¨:«=§*§#
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