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¨¨¨¨¨§§§§¨ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals §§¨§§§§§§§
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§¨§¨¨§¨§¨§ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick §¨§§§§¨¨¨¨
§§§§¨§§§§§ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live §§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨
§§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨ 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 ¨§¨§§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§¨§¨§§§ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ¨§§§¨§§¨§¨
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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 ¨§¨§§§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§§ 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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§§§§¨§§¨¨¨ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§§
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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 §¨§¨¨§§§§§
¨¨§¨§§¨§§§ 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 ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§
§§§§§§¨§§§ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy §¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§
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§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh §¨§¨§¨¨¨§§
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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 ¨§¨§§§§¨§§
¨¨§§§§§¨¨¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨§§§¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨§
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§¨§¨§§§§§§ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
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¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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