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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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##@&$†^~,.             ~#~    .    ~#~              .,~^†$&@##
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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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