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¨¨¨¨¨^~=$§ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A §$=~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=$ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But $=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~= Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals =~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~= For They Speak To Us To Join Them In =~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^~=$§ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best §$=~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~=$§£ 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 #@£§$=~^¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^~=$§ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some §$=~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=$ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac $=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~= Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet =~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~= Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him =~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨^~=$§£@# Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful #@£§$=~^¨¨
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¨¨¨¨^~=$§£ 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 $=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~=$§ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The §$=~^¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨^~=$§£@ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The @£§$=~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~=$§£@# Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. #@£§$=~^¨¨
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¨¨^~=$§£@# Even In The Morning And Must #@£§$=~^¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^~=$§ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~= Behind In Our Duties. =~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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