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#&$%^=.¨¨¨ SPRUCE FOREST, WITH ROLLING HILLS AND ¨¨¨.=^%$
##&$%^=.¨¨ KNEE-DEEP UNDERBRUSH. ¨¨.=^%$#
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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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##&$%^=.¨¨ IN THIS CASE WE WOULD USE DEET, ¨¨.=^%$#
#&$%^=.¨¨¨ OR DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE AS IT'S ALSO CALLED. ¨¨¨.=^%$
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$%^=.¨¨¨¨¨ DEET SHOULD BE APPLIED TO YOUR SKIN. ¨¨¨¨¨.=^%$
%^=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.