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¨¨¨¨#¨##¨¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨#¨##¨¨#¨¨
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#¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨¨###¨¨#¨#
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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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¨¨#¨##¨¨¨# Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨¨¨#¨¨¨###
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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 ##¨¨¨#¨##¨
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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 ¨¨¨###¨¨#¨
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#¨##¨¨¨#¨# Scared Of Him Then. ¨¨¨¨¨###¨¨
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¨¨#¨##¨¨¨# We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨###
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¨##¨¨¨###¨ 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 ##¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨#¨##¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨#¨##¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨# Even In The Morning And Must ¨¨¨¨###¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨# Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨¨¨¨#¨##¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ We Will Carry It Out. ¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨##
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###¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
#¨##¨¨¨¨¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House #¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨###¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨###¨¨#¨¨¨
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