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