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¨§§§¨§¨§¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
§§¨¨§§§§§¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant §§§¨§§§§§§
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¨§¨¨§§¨¨§§ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨§¨§§§¨¨§§
§§§¨§¨§¨§¨ 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 §§§§§¨¨¨§§
¨¨§§§§§§§¨ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨§¨¨¨§§¨§§
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¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are §§§§§§¨¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§ Scared Of Him Then. §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
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¨¨§¨¨§§¨§§ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨§¨§§§§§
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§§§¨§§§§¨§ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
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¨§§§§¨¨§§§ Even In The Morning And Must §§§¨¨¨§§§§
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