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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  ......:«†=
†«:.......                 ADVISED)                 .......:«†
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