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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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..~==*££¶#   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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