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¨¨¨~=/$$£# Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A #£$$/=~¨¨¨
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¨~=/$$£### Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ###£$$/=~¨
¨¨~=/$$£## Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ##£$$/=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=/$$£# Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A #£$$/=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=/$$£ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But £$$/=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=/$$£# Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals #£$$/=~¨¨¨
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¨¨~=/$$£## Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ##£$$/=~¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨~=/$$£ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac £$$/=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=/$$£# Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet #£$$/=~¨¨¨
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¨¨~=/$$£## Father Is Away During The Day Doing ##£$$/=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=/$$£# Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary #£$$/=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=/$$£ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So £$$/=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=/$$£# Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him #£$$/=~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨~=/$$£# To The Walls And Far From The Light. We #£$$/=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=/$$£## Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ##£$$/=~¨¨
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¨¨~=/$$£## Decoration In Our House. But When ##£$$/=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=/$$£# Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts #£$$/=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=/$$£ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are £$$/=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=/$$£# Scared Of Him Then. #£$$/=~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨~=/$$£# Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father #£$$/=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=/$$£ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy £$$/=~¨¨¨¨
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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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¨~=/$$£### Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ###£$$/=~¨
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