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#@§*=»-¨¨¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨¨¨-»=*§@#
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##@§*=»-¨¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨¨-»=*§@##
#@§*=»-¨¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨¨¨-»=*§@#
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###@§*=»-¨ 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 ¨¨¨-»=*§@#
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##@§*=»-¨¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨¨-»=*§@##
#@§*=»-¨¨¨ Decoration In Our House. But When ¨¨¨-»=*§@#
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#@§*=»-¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨-»=*§@#
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@§*=»-¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨-»=*§@###
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##@§*=»-¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨¨-»=*§@##
#@§*=»-¨¨¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨¨¨-»=*§@#
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