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§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
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§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
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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 ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ With Dew. §¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
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§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
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¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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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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¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
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¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
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¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ Even In The Morning And Must §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ We Will Carry It Out. §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
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