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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 #¶§£=^«,¨¨
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¨¨,«^=£§¶# For They Speak  To  Us To  Join Them  In #¶§£=^«,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,«^=£§ 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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¨¨¨,«^=£§¶ 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 §£=^«,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,«^=£§¶ When  He Returns Home, Each Day  More So ¶§£=^«,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«^=£§ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook  For Him §£=^«,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,«^=£§¶# To The Walls And Far From The Light.  We #¶§£=^«,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,«^=£§ And  Smell  Good,  And There  Is  Little §£=^«,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,«^=£§ Father  Comes  Home He Is Angry And Cuts §£=^«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«^=£§¶ Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are ¶§£=^«,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,«^=£§¶ 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 §£=^«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«^=£§¶ But We Always Shoo Them Out.  With Fresh ¶§£=^«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«^=£§¶# Cut  Flowers Thrown  Right  Outside  The #¶§£=^«,¨¨
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¨¨,«^=£§¶# 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 £=^«,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,«^=£§¶ Cutting  To Us As Well,  Untrusting That ¶§£=^«,¨¨¨
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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 £=^«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«^=£§ Are   Distracted.   We   Are   Not    As §£=^«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«^=£§¶ Persistent  As  Father And  Quickly Fall ¶§£=^«,¨¨¨
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