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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. §¨§§¨§§¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨§§ 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.             §¨§§¨§§¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨§§ 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.                §¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ 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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