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#@#£*†*-,. Decent Days Travel North From That .,-*†*£#@#
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##@#£*†*-, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,-*†*£#@##
#@#£*†*-,. Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But .,-*†*£#@#
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#@#£*†*-,. The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, .,-*†*£#@#
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#@#£*†*-,. 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 ,-*†*£#@##
#@#£*†*-,. 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 .,-*†*£#@#
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#@#£*†*-,. Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac .,-*†*£#@#
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#@#£*†*-,. Father Is Away During The Day Doing .,-*†*£#@#
##@#£*†*-, Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ,-*†*£#@##
#@#£*†*-,. When He Returns Home, Each Day More So .,-*†*£#@#
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##@#£*†*-, 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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#@#£*†*-,. 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. .,-*†*£#@#
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#@#£*†*-,. Even In The Morning And Must .,-*†*£#@#
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#@#£*†*-,. Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That .,-*†*£#@#
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##@#£*†*-, Are Left To Care For Us And The House ,-*†*£#@##
#@#£*†*-,. And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We .,-*†*£#@#
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