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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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##@#$=†~,, OFTEN CREATED IN GOOD FAITH, A BASEMENT  ,,~†=$#@##
##@#$=†~,,   IS NEVERTHELESS A WAY TO BRING A CAVE  ,,~†=$#@##
###$$=†~,,    INTO YOUR BUILDING, AND CAVE THINGS   ,,~†=$$###
#=†~~,,,,, 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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