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.,~†^££££# Stranger. The  Window Has  No  Glass But #££££^†~,.
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.,~†^£#@## The  Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ##@#£^†~,.
...,~^££££ For They  Speak  To  Us To Join  Them In ££££^~,...
.,~†^££#@# The  Luscious  Caves Below  Ground. They #@#££^†~,.
.,~†^££#@# Mean  No Harm But  It Is Not In Our Best #@#££^†~,.
.,,,††£££@ Interest  To  Do So. There  Is Important @£££††,,,.
.,~†^££#@# Work That Needs To  Be Done, And It Cant #@#££^†~,.
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....~††£££ Even  The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac £££††~....
......,†££ Flowers  And In The Morning They Are Wet ££†,......
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.,~†^££#@#               His Clothes.               #@#££^†~,.
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.,~†^££#@# Suddenly The Dense  Bushwork Is Mirrored #@#££^†~,.
....,~~†^£ Inside. Stems  And  Leaves Appear  Close £^†~~,....
....,†^£££ To The Walls And Far From The  Light. We £££^†,....
.,~†^£££## Are Glad, For The  Flowers Are Beautiful ##£££^†~,.
.,~†^££#@@ And  Smell  Good, And  There  Is  Little @@#££^†~,.
.,~†^££#@# Decoration   In  Our  House.   But  When #@#££^†~,.
.,~†^££#@# Father  Comes Home He Is Angry  And Cuts #@#££^†~,.
.,~†^£££££ Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are £££££^†~,.
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.,~†^££#@@ Beautiful!  We  Wait  Just  Until Father @@#££^†~,.
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.,~†^££#@# Them. Sometimes An Animal  Will Sneak In #@#££^†~,.
.,~†^££@## But We Always Shoo Them  Out. With Fresh ##@££^†~,.
.,~†^££### Cut Flowers  Thrown  Right  Outside  The ###££^†~,.
.,~†^££#@# House  He   Suspects   And  Resents  Our #@#££^†~,.
...,~††^^£ Inaction.  But   He  Doesn'T   Have  The £^^††~,...
....~~^££@ Energy To Scold Us.  He Weakens Quickly. @££^~~....
.,~††^^^£# It Is Not Long Before  He Is Still Tired #£^^^††~,.
.,~†^£££#@ Even   In    The   Morning   And    Must @#£££^†~,.
.....,††££    Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed    ££††,.....
.....,†£££ Cutting  To Us  As Well, Untrusting That £££†,.....
.,~†^££###          We Will Carry It Out.           ###££^†~,.
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.,~†^££@## Are  Left  To Care For Us And  The House ##@££^†~,.
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