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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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###&%*/«,,             «#«    ,    «#«              ,,«/*%&###
&%/,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,/%&
#%/«,,,,,,  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.                ,,«/*%&###
#&%*«,,,,,                                          ,,,,,«*%&#
###&%*/«,,  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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