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###¶££§/«, Stranger.  The Window  Has No Glass  But ,«/§££¶###
##¶££§/«^, Instead Steel  Bars To Keep  The Animals ,^«/§££¶##
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£££§§/^^,, For  They  Speak To Us To  Join Them  In ,,^^/§§£££
¶££§§//«^, The Luscious Caves  Below  Ground.  They ,^«//§§££¶
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##¶££§/«^, Ferns  And Uproots  The Bushes Only  For ,^«/§££¶##
##¶££§/«^, Them  To  Grow  Back Each  Night.  Their ,^«/§££¶##
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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 ,^«/§££¶##
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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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##¶££§/«^, Indoor  Plant We  See. But They  Are  So ,^«/§££¶##
##¶££§/«^, 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 ,^«/§££¶##
##¶££§/«^, 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 ,^«/§££¶##
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£££££§/«^, Falls Asleep  As Soon As He Returns.  We ,^«/§£££££
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##¶££§/«^, And The  Orchard.  But It Is Hard And We ,^«/§££¶##
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