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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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