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#¨¨#¨#¨#¨# 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 ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨#
#¨##¨#¨#¨# Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨# Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨#
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#¨¨#¨#¨#¨# Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨#
#¨##¨#¨#¨# Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨# Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨#
#¨##¨#¨#¨# Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨# With Dew. ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨#
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#¨##¨#¨#¨# Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨# 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 ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨#
#¨##¨#¨#¨# His Clothes. ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
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#¨##¨#¨#¨# Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
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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 ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨# Decoration In Our House. But When ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨#
#¨##¨#¨#¨# 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 ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨#
#¨##¨#¨#¨# Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨# 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 ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨# 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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