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,,~/††%§##   ,              ,~~~~,               ,  ##§%††/~,,
,,,,~††§§§  , †~~   ~†§  THE BASEMENT  §†~   ~~†† , §§§††~,,,,
,,~/†%%%§§  ,   ~#~     ,~~~~~~~~~~,     ~#~    ,   §§%%%†/~,,
,,~/†%§###                    #                     ###§%†/~,,
,,,,,~/†§§                                          §§†/~,,,,,
,,~/†%§###  THE BASEMENT IS A MAN-MADE SUBTERRANEAN ###§%†/~,,
,,,,//††%§  ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU COULD FIND SUCH   §%††//,,,,
,,~/†%§###  THINGS AS THE FURNACE, THE LABYRINTH,   ###§%†/~,,
,~/†%§####           REPTILES OR GRAVES.            ####§%†/~,
,,~/†%§###                                          ###§%†/~,,
,,~/†%§###  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 , ~#~            §%%††/~,,,
,,~/†%§###                 ,      ,                 ###§%†/~,,
,,~/†%§###                                          ###§%†/~,,
,,~/†%§###   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.                 ###§%†/~,,
,,~/†%§###                                          ###§%†/~,,
,,~/†%§###  TO DRAW FROM THE EARTH AROUND IT, PUSH  ###§%†/~,,
,,,,,,~†§#         ABOVE GROUND, LAUNDERED.         #§†~,,,,,,
,,,,,,//%#                                          #%//,,,,,,
,,~/†%§###    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  #%†††~~~,,
,,,,,,,~†§                 ADVISED)                 §†~,,,,,,,
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