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¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨¨¨§§¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨¨¨§§¨§¨§§
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§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ Out. ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
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¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live §§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ 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 §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§ 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 ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ His Clothes. ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ 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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§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
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¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ 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 ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨ We Will Carry It Out. §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§ Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
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¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As §¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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