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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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###§*†\-,.             -#-    .    -#-              .,-\†*§###
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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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