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##££¤%^~,, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,,~^%¤££##
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##££¤%^~,, 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 ,,~^%¤££££
###£¤%^~,, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,,~^%¤£###
##££¤%^~,, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,,~^%¤££##
###££¤^~,, Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ,,~^¤££###
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##££¤%^~,, Father Is Away During The Day Doing ,,~^%¤££##
##££¤%^~,, 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 ,,~^%¤££££
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#£%~,,,,,, Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ,,,,,,~%£#
#£££¤%^~,, Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ,,~^%¤£££#
###£¤%^~,, Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ,,~^%¤£###
##££¤%^~,, Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ,,~^%¤££##
££¤^,,,,,, 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 ,,~^%¤££##
###££%^~,, Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,,~^%££###
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##££¤%^~,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,~^%¤££##
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££££¤%^~,, Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,,~^%¤££££
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