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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 #@#@£=\«~¨
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¨~«\=£@#@# Even  The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac #@#@£=\«~¨
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¨~«\=£@@@# To The Walls And Far From The Light.  We #@@@£=\«~¨
¨~«\=£@#@# Are Glad, For The  Flowers Are Beautiful #@#@£=\«~¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨~\\£# House  He   Suspects   And  Resents  Our #£\\~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨«==@#@ 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 #@#@£=\«~¨
¨~«\=££@@@ Are  Left To  Care For Us  And The House @@@££=\«~¨
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¨~«\=£@#@# Are   Distracted.    We   Are   Not   As #@#@£=\«~¨
¨~«\=£@#@# Persistent As  Father  And  Quickly Fall #@#@£=\«~¨
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