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.-»=§§&¶## Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ##¶&§§=»-.
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.-»=§§&¶## Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ##¶&§§=»-.
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.-»=§§&¶## For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ##¶&§§=»-.
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.-»=§§&¶## Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ##¶&§§=»-.
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.-»»»§§§§¶ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¶§§§§»»»-.
.-»=§&¶### Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ###¶&§=»-.
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.-»=§&¶### Every Morning Our Father Clears The ###¶&§=»-.
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.-»=§§&¶## Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ##¶&§§=»-.
.-»=§§§§&& Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some &&§§§§=»-.
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.-»=§§&¶¶# 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 ##¶&§§=»-.
.-»=§§&¶## 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 ###&§§=»-.
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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 &&§§===»-.
.-»=§§&¶## Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ##¶&§§=»-.
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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 ##¶&§§=»-.
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.-»=§§&¶## Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ##¶&§§=»-.
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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 ###¶&§§=»-
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