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¨¨¨~«\%££# Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But #££%\«~¨¨¨
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«\ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their \«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~«\%£ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac £%\«~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~«\%££ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ££%\«~¨¨¨¨
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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 £%\«~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~«\% His Clothes. %\«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~« Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored «~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Decoration In Our House. But When ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 £%\«~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨~«\%££# But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh #££%\«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«\%££## Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ##££%\«~¨¨
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¨¨~«\%££## Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ##££%\«~¨¨
¨¨¨~«\%££# Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. #££%\«~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~«\%££ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ££%\«~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«\%£ Even In The Morning And Must £%\«~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~«\% Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed %\«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«\ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That \«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~« 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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