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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. §¨§§¨§§¨§¨
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§§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ 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.                ¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨
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§§§§¨§§¨¨§ 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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