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¨^~\=£§@## Brush Of  Ferns And Bushes.  There  Live ##@§£=\~^¨
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¨^~\=£§@## For They Speak To  Us  To  Join Them  In ##@§£=\~^¨
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¨^~\=£§@## Mean No Harm But It  Is Not  In Our Best ##@§£=\~^¨
¨^~\=£££§# Interest To  Do  So.  There Is Important #§£££=\~^¨
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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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¨^~\£§@### Inside.  Stems  And  Leaves Appear Close ###@§£\~^¨
¨^~\=§@### To The Walls And Far From The  Light. We ###@§=\~^¨
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¨^~\=£§@## And  Smell Good,  And  There  Is  Little ##@§£=\~^¨
¨^~\=£§@## Decoration  In  Our   House.   But  When ##@§£=\~^¨
¨^~\=£§@## Father Comes Home He Is  Angry And  Cuts ##@§£=\~^¨
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¨^~\=£§@## Beautiful!  We  Wait  Just  Until Father ##@§£=\~^¨
¨^~\=£§@## Comes  Home  And  Until  Then  We  Enjoy ##@§£=\~^¨
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¨^~\=£££@# 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. ###@£=\~^¨
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¨^~\===§§§ Even    In   The   Morning   And    Must §§§===\~^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=§ 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 ##@§£=\~^¨
¨^~\=£§### And The Orchard.  But It Is Hard  And We ###§£=\~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~=§@ Are    Distracted.   We   Are   Not   As @§=~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~\=£§### Persistent  As Father And  Quickly  Fall ###§£=\~^¨
¨^~\=£@###           Behind In Our Duties.          ###@£=\~^¨
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