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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  .........,
.......... 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  ........,-
†-,.......                 ADVISED)                 .......,-†
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