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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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¨¨§§§§¨¨§§ 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 ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
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¨¨§§¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§§§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨§§§¨§§       YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS.       §§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨§§§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨
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