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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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. §§¨§§¨§§¨§
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ 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.              §§¨§§¨§§¨§
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ 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.                ¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ THEY  MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY  TELL §§¨§§¨§§¨§
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  ¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§              ANTICIPATION.               §§¨§§¨§§¨§
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