¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
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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. ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨ 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.              ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§
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