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##@&%%\»,¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨,»\%%&@##
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##@&%%\»,¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨,»\%%&@##
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#@%%%%\»,¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨,»\%%%%@#
##@&%%\»,¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨,»\%%&@##
##@&%%\»,¨ The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¨,»\%%&@##
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##@&%%\»,¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨,»\%%&@##
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#@&&%%\»,¨ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨,»\%%&&@#
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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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##@&%%\»,¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨,»\%%&@##
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##@&%%\»,¨ 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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&%\»,¨¨¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨¨¨,»\%&
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&&%%\»»¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨»»\%%&&
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&%%\»»¨¨¨¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨¨¨¨»»\%%&
###&%%\»,¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨,»\%%##
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##@&%%\»,¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨,»\%%&@##
&&%%%»,¨¨¨ Even In The Morning And Must ¨¨¨,»%%%&&
##@&%%\»,¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨,»\%%&@##
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##@&%%\»,¨ We Will Carry It Out. ¨,»\%%&@##
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##@&%%\»,¨ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ¨,»\%%&@##
&%»»,¨¨¨¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨¨¨¨¨,»»%&
##@&%%\»,¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨,»\%%&@##
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##@&%%\»,¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨,»\%%&@##
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