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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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