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##£§§%;=,¨ Built Of  Dark Clay  And Abandoned  By A ¨,=;%§§£##
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§%%%=,¨¨¨¨ The  Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨¨¨¨,=%%%§
£§%=¨¨¨¨¨¨ For They Speak  To  Us  To  Join Them In ¨¨¨¨¨¨=%§£
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##£§§%;=,¨ Interest To  Do  So. There Is  Important ¨,=;%§§£##
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##£§§%;=,¨ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says  This.) ¨,=;%§§£##
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##£§§%;=,¨ Every  Morning  Our  Father  Clears  The ¨,=;%§§£##
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§§%%;,¨¨¨¨ When He Returns Home,  Each Day More  So ¨¨¨¨,;%%§§
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#§§%%=¨¨¨¨ And The  Orchard. But It Is Hard And  We ¨¨¨¨=%%§§#
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