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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  #§%^......
..=^%$§###   THINK OF ALL CAVES AS THE SAME LARGE   ###§$%^=..
..=^^^$§§#   STRUCTURE, IT'S JUST THAT ALL PARTS    #§§$^^^=..
.......^$#    MIGHT NOT BE PHYSICALLY CONNECTED.    #$^.......
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..=^%$$$$#  THE PURPOSE OF A BASEMENT IS OFTEN TO   #$$$$%^=..
..=^%$§###   HIDE UNSIGHTLY APPLIANCES, ENGINES,    ###§$%^=..
..=^%§####  INFRASTRUCTURE (PIPES AND WELLS)... OR  ####§%^=..
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..=^%$§###  TO DRAW FROM THE EARTH AROUND IT, PUSH  ###§$%^=..
..=^%$§###         ABOVE GROUND, LAUNDERED.         ###§$%^=..
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..=^%$§§§#    A CELLAR IS A MORE SENSEFUL AFFAIR,   #§§§$%^=..
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..=^%$§###    (FOOD OR BREWS, TOOLS) IN A COLDER    ###§$%^=..
..=^^^%$§#  ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS TO GROW MUSHROOMS. #§$%^^^=..
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