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#@@££=/~~. The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They .~~/=££@@#
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@£=/~..... 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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#@@££=/~~. 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 .~~/=££@@#
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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 .~~/=££££@
£££/~~.... 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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#@@££=/~~. Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father .~~/=££@@#
#@@££=/~~. Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy .~~/=££@@#
#@@££=/~~. Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In .~~/=££@@#
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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 .~~/=££@##
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@@@££=/~~. Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed .~~/=££@@@
£==~...... Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ......~==£
#@@££=/~~. 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 .~~/=££@@#
£=~~...... 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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