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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  ¨¨¨¨,~\%%§
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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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