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¨¨¨¨,~=^$¤ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ¤$^=~,¨¨¨¨
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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 ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~= Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac =~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ Scared Of Him Then. ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=^ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ^=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,~=^$¤ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¤$^=~,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,~=^$¤¶ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¶¤$^=~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~=^$¤ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¤$^=~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~=^$ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. $^=~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=^ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ^=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~= And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We =~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=^ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ^=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~=^$ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall $^=~,¨¨¨¨¨
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