@###§==~^¨ ¨^~==§###@
###=~~^¨¨¨ ¨¨¨^~~=###
#@@#§==~^¨ ¨^~==§#@@#
#§==~~^¨¨¨ ¨¨¨^~~==§#
@##=~^¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨^~=##@
@@@#§==~^¨ # ¨^~==§#@@@
@#===~^¨¨¨ ¨ ¨~~~~¨ ¨ ¨¨¨^~===#@
#§§=~^¨¨¨¨ ¨ =~~ ~=# 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. ¨^~==§#@@#
#§==~~^^^¨ ¨^^^~~==§#
##@#§==~^¨ ~#~ ¨ ~#~ ¨^~==§#@##
#@@#§==~^¨ ¨^~==§#@@#
#@@#§==~^¨ 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. ¨^~==§#@##
#@@#§==~^¨ ¨^~==§#@@#
@@#====~^¨ ¨ ¨ ¨^~====#@@
#@@#§==~^¨ ~#~ ¨ 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) ¨¨¨¨^~=§§#
@§=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=§@
@@@#§==~^¨ ¨^~==§#@@@
#@@#§==~^¨ ¨^~==§#@@#
##@#§==~^¨ ¨^~==§#@##
@@@#§==~^¨ ¨^~==§#@@@