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$$:=...... IMAGINE IF YOU WILL, A LUSH BLUEBERRY ......=:$$
@$$:=..... SPRUCE FOREST, WITH ROLLING HILLS AND .....=:$$@
£@$$:=.... KNEE-DEEP UNDERBRUSH. ....=:$$@£
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##£@$$:=.. THE GROUND IS SOFT. LEAVES IN ALL OF ..=:$$@£##
#£@$$:=... THE SEVEN STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION ARE ...=:$$@£#
£@$$:=.... PACKED LOOSELY TOGETHER... SOMETIMES ....=:$$@£
@$$:=..... THERE ARE ROCKS. BIGGER BOULDERS PEEK .....=:$$@
$$:=...... OUT OF THE HILLS. ......=:$$
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:=........ 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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#£@$$:=... OR DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE AS IT'S ALSO CALLED. ...=:$$@£#
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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 .........=
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.......... YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS. ..........
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