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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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&%†=¨¨¨¨¨¨              =#=    ¨    =#=             ¨¨¨¨¨¨=†%&
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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.      ¨^=†=%&¶##
#@¶&%=†=^¨                                          ¨^=†=%&¶@#
@¶¶&%=†=^¨                 ¨      ¨                 ¨^=†=%&¶¶@
&======^^¨            =#= ¨ 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.                ¨¨^^^=†%¶@
¶%=†^^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^^†=%¶
&%††^¨¨¨¨¨  To Draw From The Earth Around It, Push  ¨¨¨¨¨^††%&
¶&&%==^¨¨¨         Above Ground, Laundered.         ¨¨¨^==%&&¶
@¶¶&%=†=^¨                                          ¨^=†=%&¶¶@
#@¶&%=†=^¨   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  ¨^=††††=&@
@¶%†=^¨¨¨¨                 Advised)                 ¨¨¨¨^=†%¶@
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