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##@§$%^=,¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨,=^%$§@##
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#@@§$%^=,¨ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¨,=^%$§@@#
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#@@§$%^=,¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨,=^%$§@@#
#@@§$%^=,¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨,=^%$§@@#
#@@§$%^=,¨ The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¨,=^%$§@@#
@§%^^,¨¨¨¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨¨¨¨,^^%§@
@§%=,¨¨¨¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨¨¨¨¨,=%§@
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§$^^^==,¨¨ Every Morning Our Father Clears The ¨¨,==^^^$§
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#@@§$%^=,¨ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨,=^%$§@@#
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@$%%==¨¨¨¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨¨¨¨==%%$@
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@@@§$%^=,¨ Father Is Away During The Day Doing ¨,=^%$§@@@
#@@§$%^=,¨ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¨,=^%$§@@#
@@@§$%^=,¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨,=^%$§@@@
@$$%==¨¨¨¨ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¨¨¨¨==%$$@
§§$$^=,,¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨,,=^$$§§
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##@@§$^=,¨ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¨,=^$§@@##
#@@§$%^=,¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨,=^%$§@@#
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@@@§$%^=,¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨,=^%$§@@@
##@@$%^=,¨ Decoration In Our House. But When ¨,=^%$@@##
#@@§$%^=,¨ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ¨,=^%$§@@#
#@@§$%^=,¨ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ¨,=^%$§@@#
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§$$^,,¨¨¨¨ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨¨¨¨,,^$$§
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@@@§$%^=,¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨,=^%$§@@@
##@§$%^=,¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨,=^%$§@##
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#@@§$%^=,¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨,=^%$§@@#
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#@@§$%^=,¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨,=^%$§@@#
#@@§$%^=,¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨,=^%$§@@#
@§%==¨¨¨¨¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨¨¨¨¨==%§@
§%%^,¨¨¨¨¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨¨¨¨¨,^%%§
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@@@§$%^=,¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨,=^%$§@@@
#@@§$%^=,¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨,=^%$§@@#
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#@@§$%^=,¨ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ¨,=^%$§@@#
#@@§$%^=,¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨,=^%$§@@#
##@§$%^=,¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨,=^%$§@##
#@@§$%^=,¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨,=^%$§@@#
§$$^==,¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨,==^$$§
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