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