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¨¨§§§¨§¨§¨                                          §§§§§¨§§§¨
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§¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§§§§§
§§¨§§¨¨§¨¨ THEY  TELL ME: "WE ARE  GOING  TO SHRINK §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨§¨§§¨ YOU."  I DON'T  QUITE  LIKE THE  TONE IN ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§§§¨§§§§¨§ THEIR VOICES, LIKE  THEY ARE RESTRAINING ¨¨¨§§§¨§¨¨
§¨¨§§¨¨¨§§ THEMSELVES.  THERE IS  A  HUNGER IN THEM ¨¨¨§¨¨§§§¨
§§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ AND  IT  WANTS ME TO  SHRINK.  AND  WHAT §¨¨§§¨§¨¨§
¨¨§§§§§¨§§ REALLY  IRKS  ME   IS   THAT  SO  DO  I. §§¨§¨§§§¨§
§¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨                                          §¨§§§§¨¨§§
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨§ THEY  GIVE ME  WRISTBANDS  AND  ANKLETS, §§§¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨§§§ MADE  OF   SOME  STRANGE  STONE.   THEIR ¨¨¨§¨¨§§§§
§§§¨§§¨§¨¨      SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK      ¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨
§¨¨§§¨§§§¨   THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE   ¨¨¨§¨§§§¨¨
§§¨§¨§§¨¨§ WINDOWS INTO  A SMALLER WORLD,  CLOSE TO ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§¨§§§§¨§¨§ MY  BODY  SO  THAT  IT  CAN  SEE CLEARLY ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§§             WHATS IN STORE.              ¨¨¨§§¨§§§¨
¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
§§§§§¨§§¨¨ THEY GIVE ME  FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ¨§¨§§§¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨ MAKE MY TONGUE CURL  WITH  SATISFACTION. ¨§§§¨¨§§§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨§§§ "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I  THINK, HAVING NO §§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO,  BUT §¨§¨§§§§¨¨
§¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨      THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY      §§§§§¨¨¨§¨
§§§§¨§§¨§§                SATISFIED.                §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨§§¨§§¨                                          §§¨¨¨§§¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨§ THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE  GOING ¨¨§¨¨§¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨§§ TO  BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ¨¨§§¨§§§¨¨
§§¨¨§¨¨§§¨  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§§¨§¨§              ANTICIPATION.               ¨¨§§§¨§¨§§
¨§§§§¨§§§§                                          §¨§¨¨§§§§¨
¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨                    †                     §§§§¨§¨¨¨§
§§§¨¨§¨§¨¨                    ---                   §¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
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¨§§§§¨§§¨§                   ---                    §¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
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§§§¨¨§¨§§¨                                          §¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
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