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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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....=:=*§#  THE PURPOSE OF A BASEMENT IS OFTEN TO   #§*=:=....
...=:=*§##    HIDE UNSIGHTLY APPLIANCES, ENGINES,   ##§*=:=...
..=:=*§###  INFRASTRUCTURE (PIPES AND WELLS)... OR  ###§*=:=..
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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   ###§*=:=..
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....=:=*§#  ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS TO GROW MUSHROOMS. #§*=:=....
...=:=*§##  PERHAPS TO BURY CORRUPT CREATURES (NOT  ##§*=:=...
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