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#§§§$§\-,. Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A .,-\§$§§§#
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#@#§$§\-,. Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But .,-\§$§#@#
#@#§$§\-,. Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals .,-\§$§#@#
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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 .,-\§$§#@#
#@#§$§\-,. Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) .,-\§$§#@#
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§§§§\\-,.. Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ..,-\\§§§§
#$§§-,.... With Dew. ....,-§§$#
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#$$§--,... Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ...,--§$$#
###§$§\-,. When He Returns Home, Each Day More So .,-\§$§###
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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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#@#§$§\-,. We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any .,-\§$§#@#
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#§§§§--,.. Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ..,--§§§§#
##@#§§\-,. Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy .,-\§§#@##
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§$§§-,.... But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ....,-§§$§
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#@#§$§\-,. Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The .,-\§$§#@#
#@#§$§\-,. Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. .,-\§$§#@#
#@#§$§\-,. It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired .,-\§$§#@#
#@#§$§\-,. Even In The Morning And Must .,-\§$§#@#
#@#§$§\-,. Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed .,-\§$§#@#
#@#§$§\-,. Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That .,-\§$§#@#
§$§\--,,.. We Will Carry It Out. ..,,--\§$§
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##@#$§\-,. Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And .,-\§$#@##
@#§§§\-,,. Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We .,,-\§§§#@
##$§\\\-,. Are Left To Care For Us And The House .,-\\\§$##
#@#§$§\-,. And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We .,-\§$§#@#
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@##§$§\-,. Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall .,-\§$§##@
#$\-...... Behind In Our Duties. ......-\$#
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