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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.                 ###@§§/~^.
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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,   @§§/~^^...
.^~/§§@###   LESS INTENSE... MADE TO STORE THINGS   ###@§§/~^.
.^~/§§§§@#    (FOOD OR BREWS, TOOLS) IN A COLDER    #@§§§§/~^.
.^~///§§@# ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS TO GROW MUSHROOMS.  #@§§///~^.
....^~§§§@  PERHAPS TO BURY CORRUPT CREATURES (NOT  @§§§~^....
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