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#£@@^;=~¨¨ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ¨¨~=;^@@£#
##£@@^;=~¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨~=;^@@£##
#£@@^;=~¨¨ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨¨~=;^@@£#
£@@^;=~¨¨¨ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¨¨¨~=;^@@£
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£@@^;=~¨¨¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨¨¨~=;^@@£
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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 ¨~=;^@@£##
#£@@^;=~¨¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨¨~=;^@@£#
£@@^;=~¨¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨¨¨~=;^@@£
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##£@@^;=~¨ Every Morning Our Father Clears The ¨~=;^@@£##
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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 ¨¨¨~=;^@@£
#£@@^;=~¨¨ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¨¨~=;^@@£#
##£@@^;=~¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨~=;^@@£##
#£@@^;=~¨¨ His Clothes. ¨¨~=;^@@£#
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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 ¨¨¨~=;^@@£
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£@@^;=~¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨~=;^@@£
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#£@@^;=~¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨~=;^@@£#
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£@@^;=~¨¨¨ 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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#£@@^;=~¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨¨~=;^@@£#
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