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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  ¨--††%§###
##@§%††--¨                 ADVISED)                 ¨--††%§@##
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