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#£@@$^;=,¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨,=;^$@@£#
##£@$^;=,¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨,=;^$@£##
##£@$^;=,¨ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ¨,=;^$@£##
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##£@$^;=,¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨,=;^$@£##
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##£@$^;=,¨ The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¨,=;^$@£##
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##£@$^;=,¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨,=;^$@£##
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££$$^=¨¨¨¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨¨¨¨=^$$££
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#£@@$^;=,¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨,=;^$@@£#
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#@$^^^;=,¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨,=;^^^$@#
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£££@$^;=,¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨,=;^$@£££
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