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#$*=«:,,,,  ,              ,««««,               ,   ,,,,:«=*$#
@#$*=«:,,, , *««   «*#  THE BASEMENT  #*«   ««** ,  ,,,:«=*$#@
#@#$*=«:,,   ,   «#«     ,««««««««««,     «#«    ,  ,,:«=*$#@#
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@#$*=«:,,,  THE BASEMENT IS A MAN-MADE SUBTERRANEAN ,,,:«=*$#@
#$*=«:,,,,   ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU COULD FIND SUCH  ,,,,:«=*$#
$*=«:,,,,,   THINGS AS THE FURNACE, THE LABYRINTH,  ,,,,,:«=*$
#$*=«:,,,,           REPTILES OR GRAVES.            ,,,,:«=*$#
@#$*=«:,,,                                          ,,,:«=*$#@
#@#$*=«:,,  A SMALL OR RURAL BASEMENT IS A CELLAR.  ,,:«=*$#@#
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#@#$*=«:,,              «#«    ,    «#«             ,,:«=*$#@#
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#$*=«:,,,, OFTEN CREATED IN GOOD FAITH, A BASEMENT  ,,,,:«=*$#
$*=«:,,,,,   IS NEVERTHELESS A WAY TO BRING A CAVE  ,,,,,:«=*$
#$*=«:,,,,   INTO YOUR BUILDING, AND CAVE THINGS    ,,,,:«=*$#
@#$*=«:,,,  WITH IT. I'VE FOUND THAT IT'S EASIER TO ,,,:«=*$#@
#@#$*=«:,,   THINK OF ALL CAVES AS THE SAME LARGE   ,,:«=*$#@#
##@#$*=«:,   STRUCTURE, IT'S JUST THAT ALL PARTS    ,:«=*$#@##
#@#$*=«:,,    MIGHT NOT BE PHYSICALLY CONNECTED.    ,,:«=*$#@#
@#$*=«:,,,      THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INVITING IN.     ,,,:«=*$#@
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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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#@#$*=«:,,    A CELLAR IS A MORE SENSEFUL AFFAIR,   ,,:«=*$#@#
@#$*=«:,,,   LESS INTENSE... MADE TO STORE THINGS   ,,,:«=*$#@
#$*=«:,,,,    (FOOD OR BREWS, TOOLS) IN A COLDER    ,,,,:«=*$#
$*=«:,,,,, ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS TO GROW MUSHROOMS.  ,,,,,:«=*$
#$*=«:,,,,  PERHAPS TO BURY CORRUPT CREATURES (NOT  ,,,,:«=*$#
@#$*=«:,,,                 ADVISED)                 ,,,:«=*$#@
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