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......^~§£ Stranger. The  Window Has  No  Glass But £§~^......
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.^~^§*£#@# Brush  Of  Ferns  And Bushes. There Live #@#£*§^~^.
.^~^§*£#@@ The Animals  That We Fight To Keep Away, @@#£*§^~^.
.^~~~^^§£@ 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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.^~^§*£### Every  Morning  Our  Father  Clears  The ###£*§^~^.
.^~^§*£#@# 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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.^~^§*£#@# 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 #££**§^~^.
.^~^§*£#@# 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 #@#£*§^~^.
.^~^§£#@## Are Glad,  For The Flowers Are Beautiful ##@#£§^~^.
......~§£# 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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^~^§*£#@## We  Are  Then  Tasked With  Removing Any ##@#£*§^~^
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.^~^§*£#@# Beautiful!  We Wait  Just  Until  Father #@#£*§^~^.
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.^~^§*£#@# Them. Sometimes An  Animal Will Sneak In #@#£*§^~^.
....^~§§*# But We Always Shoo Them Out. With  Fresh #*§§~^....
.^~^§*£### Cut Flowers  Thrown  Right  Outside  The ###£*§^~^.
.^~^§*£#@# House   He  Suspects   And  Resents  Our #@#£*§^~^.
.^~^§*££££ Inaction.  But  He  Doesn'T   Have   The ££££*§^~^.
.....^^*## Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens  Quickly. ##*^^.....
...^^^~§£# It Is Not Long Before He  Is Still Tired #£§~^^^...
.^~^§*£### 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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.^~^§*£#@# Now He  Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And #@#£*§^~^.
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.~^§*£#@## 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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