¨§§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§ 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.               §¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨§§¨                    *                     ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§§§                    ~~~                   ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨§                  .....                   ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                 ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨§                  .....                   ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨                    ~~~                   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨                    *                     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨