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##£#£=\~,, Decent Days Travel North From That ,,~\=£#£##
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##£=~,,,,, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,,,,,~=£##
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#££#£=\~,, Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ,,~\=£#££#
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#££\,,,,,, 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 ,,~\=£#£##
##£#£=\~,, Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ,,~\=£#£##
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#£=\~,,,,, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,,,,,~\=£#
##£#£=\~,, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,,~\=£#£##
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##£#£=\~,, When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ,,~\=£#£##
##£#£=\~,, Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ,,~\=£#£##
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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 ,,~\=££££#
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##£#£=\~,, We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ,,~\=£#£##
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£££\~,,,,, Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ,,,,,~\£££
££££=~~,,, Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,,,~~=££££
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##£#£=\~,, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,,~\=£#£##
##£#£=\~,, Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,,~\=£#£##
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#£##£=\~,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,~\=£##£#
##£#£=\~,, 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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