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#¶#%$;»^,, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,,^»;$%#¶#
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#¶#%$;»^,, For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ,,^»;$%#¶#
##¶#%$;»^, The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ,^»;$%#¶##
#¶#%$;»^,, Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,,^»;$%#¶#
¶#%$;»^,,, Interest To Do So. There Is Important ,,,^»;$%#¶
#%$;»^,,,, Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ,,,,^»;$%#
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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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$;»^,,,,,, And Smell Good, And There Is Little ,,,,,,^»;$
%$;»^,,,,, Decoration In Our House. But When ,,,,,^»;$%
#%$;»^,,,, Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ,,,,^»;$%#
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#%$;»^,,,, Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ,,,,^»;$%#
%$;»^,,,,, Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ,,,,,^»;$%
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#%$;»^,,,, Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ,,,,^»;$%#
¶#%$;»^,,, House He Suspects And Resents Our ,,,^»;$%#¶
#¶#%$;»^,, Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ,,^»;$%#¶#
##¶#%$;»^, Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,^»;$%#¶##
#¶#%$;»^,, It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ,,^»;$%#¶#
¶#%$;»^,,, Even In The Morning And Must ,,,^»;$%#¶
#%$;»^,,,, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,,,,^»;$%#
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¶#%$;»^,,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,,^»;$%#¶
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##¶#%$;»^, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,^»;$%#¶##
#¶#%$;»^,, Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,,^»;$%#¶#
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