¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§