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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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