§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§ 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.               §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨                    =                     ¨§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                    ---                   ¨§§§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                  -----                   ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                 ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨                   -----                  ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§                    ---                   ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§                    =                     ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨§§¨                                          §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§§§                                          §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨