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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 ¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨###¨¨#¨ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ¨¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨#
#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨# 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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¨¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac #¨##¨¨¨###
#¨¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨###¨¨#¨#
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##¨¨¨###¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨#¨##¨¨#¨
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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 #¨##¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨###¨¨¨## 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 #¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨¨
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¨¨###¨¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ###¨¨¨¨¨#¨
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#¨¨¨###¨¨¨ 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 ¨###¨¨#¨##
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##¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨#
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¨##¨¨¨###¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall #¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
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