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¤**=~,,,,, Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ,,,,,~=**¤
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###¤@*=»~, Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ,~»=*@¤###
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##£¤@*=»~, Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ,~»=*@¤£##
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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 ,~»=*@¤£##
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#£¤*=~~,,, Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ,,,~~=*¤£#
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¤@*==~~,,, Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ,,,~~==*@¤
#¤¤@*»,,,, When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ,,,,»*@¤¤#
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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 ,~»=*@¤£##
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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 ,~»=*@¤£##
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##£¤@*=»~, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,~»=*@¤£##
#£¤@@*=»~, Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,~»=*@@¤£#
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