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¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important §§§§¨§§¨¨¨
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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 ¨§§¨¨§§¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨§§§§§§ 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 §§§§§§¨¨§¨
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¨¨¨§§¨¨§§¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father §¨§¨¨§§§§¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy §§§§¨§¨¨¨§
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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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