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§§§¨¨§¨§§¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
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¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
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§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§ 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 §§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) §§§¨¨¨¨¨§§
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¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet §¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
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¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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§§§¨¨§¨¨§¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ Scared Of Him Then. §¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
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¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
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§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father §§¨¨§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨§§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
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¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
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¨§§§¨¨§¨¨§ We Will Carry It Out. §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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