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.,,==**£§# Stands Our House  In  The  Middle  Of  A #§£**==,,.
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.,=/*£§¶## Built Of  Dark Clay  And Abandoned By  A ##¶§£*/=,.
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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 §§§££*/=,.
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.,=/*£§¶## Mean No Harm But It  Is Not  In Our Best ##¶§£*/=,.
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.,=/*£§¶## 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 ¶¶¶§£*/=,.
.,=/*£§¶## Leaves Are Teal, White  And Yellow, Some ##¶§£*/=,.
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.,=/*£§¶## Flowers And In The Morning They Are  Wet ##¶§£*/=,.
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.,=/*£§¶## Father  Is  Away  During  The Day  Doing ##¶§£*/=,.
.,=/*£§¶## Important Things  Elsewhere. He Is Weary ##¶§£*/=,.
.,=/*£§¶## 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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.,=/*£§¶## Decoration  In   Our  House.  But   When ##¶§£*/=,.
.,=/*£§¶## Father Comes Home  He Is  Angry And Cuts ##¶§£*/=,.
...,=/££¶¶ Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are ¶¶££/=,...
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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    ##¶§£*/=,.
.,=/*£§¶## Cutting  To  Us As Well, Untrusting That ##¶§£*/=,.
.,=/*£§###           We Will Carry It Out.          ###§£*/=,.
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.,=/*£§¶¶¶ 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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