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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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£@†==,¨¨¨¨ 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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##££@†:=,¨ Indoor  Plant  We See.  But They  Are So ¨,=:†@££##
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###££@:=,¨ Comes  Home  And  Until  Then  We  Enjoy ¨,=:@££###
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###£@†:=,¨ Cut Flowers  Thrown  Right  Outside  The ¨,=:†@£###
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#£££@†:=,¨ Energy To Scold Us.  He Weakens Quickly. ¨,=:†@£££#
##££@†:=,¨ It  Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨,=:†@££##
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##££@†:=,¨ Cutting To Us  As Well,  Untrusting That ¨,=:†@££##
##££@†:=,¨          We Will Carry It Out.           ¨,=:†@££##
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###£@†:=,¨ Persistent  As  Father And  Quickly Fall ¨,=:†@£###
##££@†:=,¨          Behind In Our Duties.           ¨,=:†@££##
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