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#@@$$*^--¨ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨--^*$$@@#
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##£@$*^--¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨--^*$@£##
##£@$*^--¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨--^*$@£##
#@@$*--¨¨¨ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ¨¨¨--*$@@#
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##£@$*^--¨ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¨--^*$@£##
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##£@$*^--¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨--^*$@£##
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##£@$*^--¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨--^*$@£##
##£@$*^--¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨--^*$@£##
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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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##£@$*^--¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨--^*$@£##
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#@$^^---¨¨ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ¨¨---^^$@#
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#@$^--¨¨¨¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨¨¨¨--^$@#
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##£@$*^--¨ Even In The Morning And Must ¨--^*$@£##
##£@$*^--¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨--^*$@£##
##£@$*^--¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨--^*$@£##
##£@$*^--¨ We Will Carry It Out. ¨--^*$@£##
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##£@$*^--¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨--^*$@£##
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