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,:~=†@§#@#                                          #@#§@†=~:,
,:~=†@§#@#                                          #@#§@†=~:,
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,,,,,:~~†§                    #                     §†~~:,,,,,
,,,::==†@#  ,              ,~~~~,               ,   #@†==::,,,
,,,:~=@@##  , †~~   ~†§  THE BASEMENT  §†~   ~~†† , ##@@=~:,,,
,:~=†††§##   ,   ~#~     ,~~~~~~~~~~,     ~#~    ,  ##§†††=~:,
,,,:=††§§#                    #                     #§§††=:,,,
,,,~~†††@§                                          §@†††~~,,,
,,,,,:=†@§ THE BASEMENT IS A MAN-MADE SUBTERRANEAN  §@†=:,,,,,
,:~=†@§#@#  ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU COULD FIND SUCH   #@#§@†=~:,
,,,,:~†@@§   THINGS AS THE FURNACE, THE LABYRINTH,  §@@†~:,,,,
,:~=†@§###            REPTILES OR GRAVES.           ###§@†=~:,
,,,:==†@§§                                          §§@†==:,,,
,:~=†@@@§#  A SMALL OR RURAL BASEMENT IS A CELLAR.  #§@@@†=~:,
,:~=†@§#@#                                          #@#§@†=~:,
,:~=††@§§§              ~#~    ,    ~#~             §§§@††=~:,
,:~===@@##                                          ##@@===~:,
,:~=†@§#@#  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.     #@#§@†=~:,
,,,::==@#@                                          @#@==::,,,
,,,,::=††§                 ,      ,                 §††=::,,,,
,:~=†††††§            ~#~ , USAGES , ~#~            §†††††=~:,
,:~=†@§#@#                 ,      ,                 #@#§@†=~:,
,:~=†@§#@#                                          #@#§@†=~:,
,,,,:=@@§#   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.                 §§@†~~:,,,
,:~=†@§§§§                                          §§§§@†=~:,
,,,,,:~=†§  TO DRAW FROM THE EARTH AROUND IT, PUSH  §†=~:,,,,,
,:~=†@@@@§         ABOVE GROUND, LAUNDERED.         §@@@@†=~:,
,:~===†§§@                                          @§§†===~:,
,:~=†@§#@#   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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