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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 §¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§
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¨§§¨§¨§¨§§ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals §¨¨¨§§§¨§§
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¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick §§¨§§§§¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§¨§¨ 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 §§§§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§§ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§§
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¨§¨§§§§¨¨§ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§§¨¨¨§¨§¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet §§¨¨¨¨§§§§
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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 §§¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§§§§§¨§§¨¨ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¨§§§§¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨§ 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 ¨¨¨¨§§¨§§§
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¨§§¨§§¨§§¨ 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 ¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨
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§¨§¨§§§§§§ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired §¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§ Even In The Morning And Must §§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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¨§¨§¨¨§§¨¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨¨
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