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¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¨§§¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨§§§¨¨§¨¨§
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¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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¨§§¨¨§¨¨§¨ 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 ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
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