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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. ,:=*†%&@@@
#@@&%†*=:, ,:=*†%&@@#
@@@&%†*=:, 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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&††*:,,,,, 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. ,:=*†%&@@@
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&&†===,,,, 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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