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¨¨¨¨~†**£# Built Of  Dark Clay  And  Abandoned By A #£**†~¨¨¨¨
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¨,~†$*£¶## Brush  Of Ferns And  Bushes.  There Live ##¶£*$†~,¨
¨,~†$*£¶## The Animals That We  Fight To Keep Away, ##¶£*$†~,¨
¨,~†$*£### For They  Speak To  Us To  Join  Them In ###£*$†~,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,†**£ Mean No Harm But  It Is Not In  Our Best £**†,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,~†$*£¶## Work That Needs To Be Done, And  It Cant ##¶£*$†~,¨
¨,~†$*£¶## Be Done By Animals.  (Father Says This.) ##¶£*$†~,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,†$*£ Ferns  And  Uproots  The Bushes Only For £*$†,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,†**££ Them  To  Grow  Back  Each  Night. Their ££**†,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~$££ Leaves  Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ££$~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,†**¶ Flowers And In The Morning They  Are Wet ¶**†,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,~†$*¶### Important Things Elsewhere. He  Is Weary ###¶*$†~,¨
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¨,~†$£¶### Than The Next. We Learn  To Cook For Him ###¶£$†~,¨
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¨,~†$*£¶## To The  Walls And Far From The Light. We ##¶£*$†~,¨
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¨,~†$£¶### And  Smell  Good, And  There  Is  Little ###¶£$†~,¨
¨,~†$*£¶## Decoration  In   Our  House.   But  When ##¶£*$†~,¨
,~†$*£¶### Father Comes Home  He Is Angry  And Cuts ###¶£*$†~,
¨¨¨¨¨¨~$*¶ Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are ¶*$~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~$$*£           Scared Of Him Then.            £*$$~,¨¨¨¨
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¨,~†$*£¶## Indoor Plant We  See.  But They  Are  So ##¶£*$†~,¨
¨,~†$*£¶## Beautiful!  We Wait  Just  Until  Father ##¶£*$†~,¨
¨,~†$*£¶## Comes  Home  And  Until  Then  We  Enjoy ##¶£*$†~,¨
¨,~†$*£¶## Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak  In ##¶£*$†~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~†$£ But We Always Shoo Them Out.  With Fresh £$†~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†$*£¶## Cut  Flowers  Thrown  Right  Outside The ##¶£*$†~,¨
¨,~†$**££¶ House   He   Suspects  And  Resents  Our ¶££**$†~,¨
¨,~†$*£### Inaction.  But   He  Doesn'T   Have  The ###£*$†~,¨
¨,~†$*£### Energy To  Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ###£*$†~,¨
¨,~†$*£¶## It  Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ##¶£*$†~,¨
¨¨¨¨,~$$£¶ Even   In   The   Morning    And    Must ¶£$$~,¨¨¨¨
¨,~†$*¶###    Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed    ###¶*$†~,¨
¨¨¨,~†$*¶¶ Cutting To Us  As Well, Untrusting  That ¶¶*$†~,¨¨¨
¨,~†$*£¶##          We Will Carry It Out.           ##¶£*$†~,¨
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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 ¶*†~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†$*£¶## And The Orchard.  But It Is Hard And  We ##¶£*$†~,¨
¨,~†$*£¶¶# Are   Distracted.    We   Are   Not   As #¶¶£*$†~,¨
¨¨¨¨,~$££# Persistent  As Father  And  Quickly Fall #££$~,¨¨¨¨
¨,~†$*£¶##           Behind In Our Duties.          ##¶£*$†~,¨
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