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¨,~*=&&£## Decent Days Travel North From That ##£&&=*~,¨
¨,~*=&&£## Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ##£&&=*~,¨
¨,~*=&&&&# Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is #&&&&=*~,¨
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¨,~*=&&£## Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ##£&&=*~,¨
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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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¨,~*=&&£## Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ##£&&=*~,¨
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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 £&==~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,~*=&&£## Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ##£&&=*~,¨
¨,~*=&&&£# Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are #£&&&=*~,¨
¨,~*=&&£## Scared Of Him Then. ##£&&=*~,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,~*=& Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy &=*~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~*=&&£## Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ##£&&=*~,¨
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¨,~*=&&£## Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ##£&&=*~,¨
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¨,~*=&&£## Even In The Morning And Must ##£&&=*~,¨
¨,~*=&&£## Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ##£&&=*~,¨
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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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¨,~*=&&£## Are Distracted. We Are Not As ##£&&=*~,¨
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