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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~; Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;§ 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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¨¨¨¨¨~~;§£ Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For £§;~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;§ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their §;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~; Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~; Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;§ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To §;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~;§£ His Clothes. £§;~~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨~~;§£¤£# 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 £¤£§;~~¨¨¨
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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 ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;§ 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 £¤£§;~~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨~~;§£¤£ We Will Carry It Out. £¤£§;~~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~~;§£ Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And £§;~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;§ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We §;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~; Are Left To Care For Us And The House ;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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