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.,-:$£¤£@# Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A #@£¤£$:-,.
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.,-:$£¤£@# Stands Our House In The Middle Of A #@£¤£$:-,.
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.,-:$££££@ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick @££££$:-,.
.,-:$£££¤¤ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¤¤£££$:-,.
.,-:$£¤¤¤£ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, £¤¤¤£$:-,.
.,-:$£¤£@# For They Speak To Us To Join Them In #@£¤£$:-,.
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.,-:$¤£@## Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ##@£¤$:-,.
.,-:$££¤¤£ Interest To Do So. There Is Important £¤¤££$:-,.
.,-:$£¤£@# Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant #@£¤£$:-,.
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....,:$$¤@ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their @¤$$:,....
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.....,:$$¤ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¤$$:,.....
.,-:$£¤£@# Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet #@£¤£$:-,.
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.,-:$£¤£@# Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary #@£¤£$:-,.
.,-:$£¤£@# When He Returns Home, Each Day More So #@£¤£$:-,.
.....,-$¤@ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him @¤$-,.....
.....--$££ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ££$--.....
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.,-:$£¤£@@ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close @@£¤£$:-,.
.,-:$£¤£@@ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We @@£¤£$:-,.
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.,-:$£¤£@# And Smell Good, And There Is Little #@£¤£$:-,.
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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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.,-:$£¤£@# Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So #@£¤£$:-,.
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.,-:$££@## Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ##@££$:-,.
.,-:$£¤£££ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In £££¤£$:-,.
.,-:$£¤£@# But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh #@£¤£$:-,.
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.,-:$£¤£@# Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The #@£¤£$:-,.
.,-:$£¤£@# Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. #@£¤£$:-,.
.,-:$£¤£@# It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired #@£¤£$:-,.
...--$$¤¤£ Even In The Morning And Must £¤¤$$--...
.,-:$£¤£## Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ##£¤£$:-,.
.....,::££ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ££::,.....
.,-:$£¤£## We Will Carry It Out. ##£¤£$:-,.
.,-:$£¤£## ##£¤£$:-,.
.,-:$£¤£@# Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And #@£¤£$:-,.
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.,-:$£¤£@@ Are Left To Care For Us And The House @@£¤£$:-,.
.,-:$£¤£@@ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We @@£¤£$:-,.
.,-:$£¤¤¤£ Are Distracted. We Are Not As £¤¤¤£$:-,.
.,-:$£¤¤£@ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall @£¤¤£$:-,.
.,-:$$£¤¤¤ Behind In Our Duties. ¤¤¤£$$:-,.
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