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#@#$††«...  . †««   «†#  THE BASEMENT  #†«   ««†† . ...«††$#@#
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#$††«..... THE BASEMENT IS A MAN-MADE SUBTERRANEAN  .....«††$#
$††«......   ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU COULD FIND SUCH  ......«††$
††«.......  THINGS AS THE FURNACE, THE LABYRINTH,   .......«††
$††«......           REPTILES OR GRAVES.            ......«††$
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@#$††«....  A SMALL OR RURAL BASEMENT IS A CELLAR.  ....«††$#@
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@#$††«....  OFTEN CREATED IN GOOD FAITH, A BASEMENT ....«††$#@
#$††«.....  IS NEVERTHELESS A WAY TO BRING A CAVE   .....«††$#
$††«......   INTO YOUR BUILDING, AND CAVE THINGS    ......«††$
††«....... WITH IT. I'VE FOUND THAT IT'S EASIER TO  .......«††
$††«......   THINK OF ALL CAVES AS THE SAME LARGE   ......«††$
#$††«.....   STRUCTURE, IT'S JUST THAT ALL PARTS    .....«††$#
@#$††«....    MIGHT NOT BE PHYSICALLY CONNECTED.    ....«††$#@
#@#$††«...      THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INVITING IN.     ...«††$#@#
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@#$††«....            «#« . USAGES . «#«            ....«††$#@
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††«.......   THE PURPOSE OF A BASEMENT IS OFTEN TO  .......«††
$††«......    HIDE UNSIGHTLY APPLIANCES, ENGINES,   ......«††$
#$††«.....  INFRASTRUCTURE (PIPES AND WELLS)... OR  .....«††$#
@#$††«....  TO HIDE THE TRUE WEIGHT (PURPOSE?) OF A ....«††$#@
#@#$††«...                 BUILDING.                ...«††$#@#
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#@#$††«...  TO DRAW FROM THE EARTH AROUND IT, PUSH  ...«††$#@#
@#$††«....         ABOVE GROUND, LAUNDERED.         ....«††$#@
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$††«......   A CELLAR IS A MORE SENSEFUL AFFAIR,    ......«††$
††«.......   LESS INTENSE... MADE TO STORE THINGS   .......«††
$††«......    (FOOD OR BREWS, TOOLS) IN A COLDER    ......«††$
#$††«.....  ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS TO GROW MUSHROOMS. .....«††$#
@#$††«....  PERHAPS TO BURY CORRUPT CREATURES (NOT  ....«††$#@
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