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§§§¨¨§¨§§¨ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A §§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ With Dew. ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
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¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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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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¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ 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 §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ 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 §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
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¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ 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 ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
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