¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~                                          ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEY  TELL ME: "WE ARE  GOING TO  SHRINK ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ YOU."  I  DON'T QUITE  LIKE THE  TONE IN ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~† THEIR VOICES,  LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING †~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†§ THEMSELVES. THERE IS  A  HUNGER  IN THEM §†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~†§§ AND IT WANTS  ME  TO  SHRINK.  AND  WHAT §§†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~†§§§ REALLY  IRKS  ME   IS  THAT  SO   DO  I. §§§†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~†§§§#                                          #§§§†~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~†§§§#@ THEY  GIVE  ME  WRISTBANDS  AND ANKLETS, @#§§§†~¨¨¨
¨¨~†§§§#@# MADE   OF  SOME  STRANGE  STONE.   THEIR #@#§§§†~¨¨
¨~†§§§#@##      SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK      ##@#§§§†~¨
¨¨~†§§§#@#   THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE   #@#§§§†~¨¨
¨¨¨~†§§§#@ WINDOWS INTO  A SMALLER WORLD,  CLOSE TO @#§§§†~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~†§§§# MY  BODY  SO THAT  IT  CAN  SEE  CLEARLY #§§§†~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~†§§§             WHATS IN STORE.              §§§†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~†§§                                          §§†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†§ THEY  GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT §†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~† MAKE MY TONGUE CURL  WITH  SATISFACTION. †~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I  THINK, HAVING NO ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FRAME OF  REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨      THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                SATISFIED.                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEY  MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ TO BECOME  ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  †~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†§              ANTICIPATION.               §†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~†§§                                          §§†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~†§§§                     †                    §§§†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~†§§§#                    ~~~                   #§§§†~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~†§§§#@                  .....                   @#§§§†~¨¨¨
¨¨~†§§§#@#                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                 #@#§§§†~¨¨
¨~†§§§#@##                  .....                   ##@#§§§†~¨
¨¨~†§§§#@#                    ~~~                   #@#§§§†~¨¨
¨¨¨~†§§§#@                    †                     @#§§§†~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~†§§§#                                          #§§§†~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~†§§§                                          §§§†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~†§§                                          §§†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†§                                          §†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†                                          †~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨