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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. ##@##&=~:,
,:~=%@## ##@#&%=~:,
,,,~~~%### ========== ###%~~~,,,
,:~=%#@@ ==### == @@##&%=~:,
,:~=%#@# ==### == #@##&%=~:,
,:~=%#@@ == ###== @@##&%=~:,
,:~=%@## == ###== ##@#&%=~:,
,:~=%&&@ ========== @#&&&%=~:,
,:~=%#@# #@##&%=~:,
,:~=%@## 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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