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......-=†# Stands Our House In The Middle Of A #†=-......
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.-=^†$#£££ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A £££#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ##£#$†^=-.
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.-=^†$#£## Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ##£#$†^=-.
...--=^†#£ 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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.-=^†$#£## Every Morning Our Father Clears The ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## With Dew. ##£#$†^=-.
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.-=^†$#£## Father Is Away During The Day Doing ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$$$$£ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary £$$$$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£££ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So £££#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£££ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him £££#$†^=-.
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.-=^†$#£## Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ##£#$†^=-.
....-^$$£# Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close #£$$^-....
.-=^†$#£## To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ##£#$†^=-.
......-^$# Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful #$^-......
.-=^†$#£££ And Smell Good, And There Is Little £££#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## Decoration In Our House. But When ##£#$†^=-.
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.-=^†$#£## Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$##£# Scared Of Him Then. #£##$†^=-.
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.-=^†$#£## Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$#£## Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ##£#$†^=-.
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.-=^†$#£## But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ##£#$†^=-.
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.-=^†$#£## Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ##£#$†^=-.
......=^$£ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. £$^=......
.-=^†$#£## It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ##£#$†^=-.
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.-=^†$#£## Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ##£#$†^=-.
...-^††$££ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ££$††^-...
.....-^^$£ We Will Carry It Out. £$^^-.....
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.-=^†$#£## Are Left To Care For Us And The House ##£#$†^=-.
.-=^†$$##£ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We £##$$†^=-.
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