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¨,~:$*££¶¶ Stranger. The  Window  Has No  Glass But ¶¶££*$:~,¨
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¨,~:$*£¶@# Around  The  House  Is  A  Thick,  Thick #@¶£*$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£@## Brush Of  Ferns  And  Bushes. There Live ##@£*$:~,¨
¨,~:$****¶ The Animals That We  Fight To Keep Away, ¶****$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£¶@# For  They Speak To Us  To  Join Them  In #@¶£*$:~,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,~$$£ Mean No Harm But It Is  Not  In Our Best £$$~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~$£ Interest To Do So.  There  Is  Important £$~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~::$£ Work That Needs To Be Done, And  It Cant £$::~,¨¨¨¨
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¨,~:$*£¶@# Every  Morning  Our  Father  Clears  The #@¶£*$:~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~$*£ Ferns  And  Uproots The  Bushes Only For £*$~,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,~:$*£¶@@ Flowers  And In The Morning They Are Wet @@¶£*$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£¶@#                 With Dew.                #@¶£*$:~,¨
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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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¨,~:$$***£ To The Walls And Far From The Light.  We £***$$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£¶## Are Glad,  For The Flowers Are Beautiful ##¶£*$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£¶## And  Smell  Good,  And  There Is  Little ##¶£*$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£¶@# Decoration  In   Our  House.   But  When #@¶£*$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£@## Father  Comes Home He Is Angry  And Cuts ##@£*$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£¶@@ Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are @@¶£*$:~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨~$*££           Scared Of Him Then.            ££*$~¨¨¨¨¨
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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. £**:~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~:$£¶@## It Is Not Long Before He  Is Still Tired ##@¶£$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£¶@# Even   In   The   Morning    And    Must #@¶£*$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£¶@#    Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed    #@¶£*$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£¶@# Cutting To Us  As Well,  Untrusting That #@¶£*$:~,¨
¨¨¨¨~:::*£           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 ¶¶£*::,¨¨¨
¨,~:$*£¶@# And  The Orchard.  But It Is Hard And We #@¶£*$:~,¨
¨,~:$*£££¶ Are   Distracted.   We   Are    Not   As ¶£££*$:~,¨
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