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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, ##¶@£%\«^.
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.^«\\\\\%@ Mean No Harm  But  It Is Not In Our Best @%\\\\\«^.
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.^«\%£@¶## Ferns And  Uproots  The  Bushes Only For ##¶@£%\«^.
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.^««\%%%£¶ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow,  Some ¶£%%%\««^.
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.^«\%£@¶## So That He Does Not Have To. We  Tend To ##¶@£%\«^.
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.^«\%£@¶## Inside.  Stems  And Leaves Appear  Close ##¶@£%\«^.
.^«\%£@¶## To The Walls  And Far From The Light. We ##¶@£%\«^.
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.^«\%£@¶## And  Smell  Good,  And There  Is  Little ##¶@£%\«^.
.^«\%£@¶## Decoration  In   Our  House.  But   When ##¶@£%\«^.
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....^«%@¶¶ Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are ¶¶@%«^....
....«%%£@#           Scared Of Him Then.            #@£%%«....
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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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.^«\%£@¶## 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 ¶¶£\^.....
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.....^\%£¶ Cutting To Us As Well,  Untrusting  That ¶£%\^.....
.^«\%£@¶##           We Will Carry It Out.          ##¶@£%\«^.
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.^«\%%%@¶¶ Are Left  To  Care For Us And  The House ¶¶@%%%\«^.
.^«\%£@¶## And  The  Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ##¶@£%\«^.
.^«\%£@¶## Are   Distracted.   We   Are   Not    As ##¶@£%\«^.
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