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###@£§;~:¨ Decent  Days   Travel  North  From  That ¨:~;§£@###
£§§§†~~:¨¨ 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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#£†;;;;~:¨ Brush  Of  Ferns And Bushes. There  Live ¨:~;;;;†£#
£§;:¨¨¨¨¨¨ The Animals That We Fight  To Keep Away, ¨¨¨¨¨¨:;§£
##@£§†;~:¨ For They Speak  To  Us To  Join  Them In ¨:~;†§£@##
##@£§†;~:¨ The  Luscious Caves Below  Ground.  They ¨:~;†§£@##
#@@£§†;~:¨ Mean No Harm But It  Is Not  In Our Best ¨:~;†§£@@#
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##@£§†;~:¨ Work That Needs To Be Done,  And It Cant ¨:~;†§£@##
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#£†;~¨¨¨¨¨ Every  Morning  Our  Father  Clears  The ¨¨¨¨¨~;†£#
#£††~:¨¨¨¨ Ferns And Uproots  The  Bushes  Only For ¨¨¨¨:~††£#
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##@£§†;~:¨ Leaves Are Teal,  White And Yellow, Some ¨:~;†§£@##
@@@£§†;~:¨ 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 ¨¨::~;††§£
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£§§;~:¨¨¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To.  We Tend To ¨¨¨¨:~;§§£
##@£§†;~:¨               His Clothes.               ¨:~;†§£@##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~~†§@
###@£§†;~:           Scared Of Him Then.            :~;†§£@###
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##@£§†;~:¨ Indoor Plant We  See.  But  They Are  So ¨:~;†§£@##
##@£§†;~:¨ Beautiful!  We Wait  Just  Until  Father ¨:~;†§£@##
##@£§†;~:¨ Comes  Home  And  Until  Then  We  Enjoy ¨:~;†§£@##
##@£§†;~:¨ Them.  Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨:~;†§£@##
###@§†;~:¨ But We Always  Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨:~;†§@###
##@£§†;~:¨ Cut  Flowers Thrown  Right  Outside  The ¨:~;†§£@##
###@£†;~:¨ House  He  Suspects   And   Resents  Our ¨:~;†£@###
#@@£§†;~:¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨::~;†£
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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 ¨:~;†§£@@@
##@£§†;~:¨ Persistent As  Father And  Quickly  Fall ¨:~;†§£@##
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