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##@¤$§\--. Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A .--\§$¤@##
##@¤$§\--. Decent Days Travel North From That .--\§$¤@##
#@@¤$§\--. Stands Our House In The Middle Of A .--\§$¤@@#
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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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##@¤$§\--. Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some .--\§$¤@##
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##@¤$§\--. With Dew. .--\§$¤@##
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##@¤$§\--. Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary .--\§$¤@##
¤¤§§--.... When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ....--§§¤¤
##@¤$§\--. Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him .--\§$¤@##
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#@$\-..... To The Walls And Far From The Light. We .....-\$@#
##@¤$§\--. Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful .--\§$¤@##
¤$$$§§\--. And Smell Good, And There Is Little .--\§§$$$¤
##@¤$§\--. Decoration In Our House. But When .--\§$¤@##
¤¤$§§--... Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ...--§§$¤¤
##@¤$§\--. Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are .--\§$¤@##
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##@¤$§\--. Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father .--\§$¤@##
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##@¤$§\--. We Will Carry It Out. .--\§$¤@##
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##@¤$§\--. Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And .--\§$¤@##
##@¤$§\--. Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We .--\§$¤@##
#@$§--.... Are Left To Care For Us And The House ....--§$@#
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