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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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##£&£=*-^, 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 ,^-*=£&£££
£££*-,,,,, 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 ,^-*=£&£##
£££&£=*-^, Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ,^-*=£&£££
&££***^^,, Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ,,^^***££&
##£&£=*-^, 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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###£&£=-^, Father Is Away During The Day Doing ,^-=£&£###
##£&£=*-^, 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 ,^-*=£&£##
#&&&£=*-^, His Clothes. ,^-*=£&&&#
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##£&£=*-^, Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ,^-*=£&£##
#££&£=*-^, 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 ,^-*=£&£##
&£**-^,,,, 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 ,,,,,,--=&
##£&£=*-^, We Will Carry It Out. ,^-*=£&£##
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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 ,^-*=£&&££
##£&£=*-^, 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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