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#££££†/«., Stranger. The  Window Has No  Glass  But ,.«/†££££#
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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 ,,,««†££££
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#££/.,,,,, Work That  Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ,,,,,./££#
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##@££†/«., Ferns  And Uproots  The Bushes  Only For ,.«/†££@##
##@££†/«., 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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#@£†/..,,, When He Returns Home, Each  Day  More So ,,,../†£@#
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#£££/..,,, So  That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ,,,../£££#
###@£†/«.,               His Clothes.               ,.«/†£@###
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#@£†«,,,,, And  Smell  Good,  And  There  Is Little ,,,,,«†£@#
##@££†/«., Decoration  In   Our   House.  But  When ,.«/†££@##
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@££†///«., Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are ,.«///†££@
##@££†/«.,            Scared Of Him Then.           ,.«/†££@##
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##@££†/«., But We Always Shoo Them Out.  With Fresh ,.«/†££@##
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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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#@£££†/«., Cutting To Us  As Well,  Untrusting That ,.«/†£££@#
@@£££†/«.,           We Will Carry It Out.          ,.«/†£££@@
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##@££†/«., Falls Asleep As  Soon As He  Returns. We ,.«/†££@##
###££†/«., Are  Left To Care  For Us And The  House ,.«/†££###
###@£†/«., And The  Orchard. But It Is  Hard And We ,.«/†£@###
##@££†/«., Are   Distracted.   We   Are   Not    As ,.«/†££@##
##@££†/«., Persistent  As Father And  Quickly  Fall ,.«/†££@##
##@££†/«.,           Behind In Our Duties.          ,.«/†££@##
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