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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«; Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;§ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant §;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«; Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«; Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;§ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet §;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,«;§%££@ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary @££%§;«,¨¨
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¨¨,«;§%££@ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him @££%§;«,¨¨
¨¨¨,«;§%££ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ££%§;«,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,« 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 «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«; Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,«;§%££@ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father @££%§;«,¨¨
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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 «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,« 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 #@££%§;«,¨
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