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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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