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¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
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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 §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful §§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨ Scared Of Him Then. ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father §§§¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§
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¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
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¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
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