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#£$=†».¨¨¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨¨.»†=$£#
##£$=†».¨¨ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨¨.»†=$£##
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##£$=†».¨¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨¨.»†=$£##
#£$=†».¨¨¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨¨¨.»†=$£#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.»
†».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.»†
=†».¨¨¨¨¨¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨¨¨¨¨¨.»†=
$=†».¨¨¨¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨¨¨¨¨.»†=$
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#£$=†».¨¨¨ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨¨¨.»†=$£#
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=†».¨¨¨¨¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨¨¨¨¨.»†=
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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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##£$=†».¨¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨¨.»†=$£##
#£$=†».¨¨¨ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ¨¨¨.»†=$£#
£$=†».¨¨¨¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨¨¨¨.»†=$£
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.»
†».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#£$=†».¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨.»†=$£#
##£$=†».¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨.»†=$£##
###£$=†».¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨.»†=$£###
##£$=†».¨¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨¨.»†=$£##
#£$=†».¨¨¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨¨¨.»†=$£#
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$=†».¨¨¨¨¨ Even In The Morning And Must ¨¨¨¨¨.»†=$
=†».¨¨¨¨¨¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨¨¨¨¨¨.»†=
†».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.»†
».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ We Will Carry It Out. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.»
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».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.»
†».¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.»†
=†».¨¨¨¨¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨¨¨¨¨¨.»†=
$=†».¨¨¨¨¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨¨¨¨¨.»†=$
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