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###£$*\»~, Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ,~»\*$£###
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###£$*\»~, Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ,~»\*$£###
###£$*\»~, Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ,~»\*$£###
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###£$*\»~, Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ,~»\*$£###
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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 ,,~~»\*£££
£$*»,,,,,, Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,,,,,,»*$£
####£*\»~, Interest To Do So. There Is Important ,~»\*£####
###£$*\»~, Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ,~»\*$£###
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###£$*\»~, Every Morning Our Father Clears The ,~»\*$£###
###£$*\»~, Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ,~»\*$£###
###£$*\»~, Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ,~»\*$£###
#£$*\~,,,, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,,,,~\*$£#
#££$\\\»~, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,~»\\\$££#
###£$*\»~, Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ,~»\*$£###
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###£$*\»~, 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. ,~»\*$£###
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###£$*\»~, 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. ,~»\*$£###
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#£****\»~, We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ,~»\****£#
££*»»»»»~, Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ,~»»»»»*££
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###£$*\»~, 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 ,~»\*$£###
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##$\~,,,,, 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 ,,,,~\*££#
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###£$*\»~, We Will Carry It Out. ,~»\*$£###
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###£$*\»~, Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ,~»\*$£###
##$$\~~~,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,~~~\$$##
###£$*\»~, Are Left To Care For Us And The House ,~»\*$£###
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###£$*\»~, Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,~»\*$£###
##££$*\»~, Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ,~»\*$££##
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