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§§*=...... Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ......=*§§
£§§*=..... Decent Days Travel North From That .....=*§§£
#£§§*=.... Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ....=*§§£#
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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 ..=*§§£#@#
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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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#@#£§§*=.. Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ..=*§§£#@#
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#£§§*=.... Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ....=*§§£#
£§§*=..... Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac .....=*§§£
§§*=...... Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ......=*§§
£§§*=..... With Dew. .....=*§§£
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@#£§§*=... 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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@#£§§*=... Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ...=*§§£#@
#@#£§§*=.. To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ..=*§§£#@#
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#£§§*=.... 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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#£§§*=.... 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 ....=*§§£#
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#@#£§§*=.. Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ..=*§§£#@#
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£§§*=..... 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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#£§§*=.... Are Left To Care For Us And The House ....=*§§£#
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§§*=...... Are Distracted. We Are Not As ......=*§§
£§§*=..... Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall .....=*§§£
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