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###@&$;~:¨ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ¨:~;$&@###
###@&$;~:¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨:~;$&@###
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##@@&$;~:¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨:~;$&@@##
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####@&;~:¨ 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 ¨:~;&@####
##@&&$;~:¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨:~;$&&@##
#@$~~~:¨¨¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨¨¨:~~~$@#
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###@&$;~:¨ Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ¨:~;$&@###
###@&$;~:¨ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨:~;$&@###
###@&$;~:¨ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨:~;$&@###
###@&$;~:¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨:~;$&@###
###@&$;~:¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨:~;$&@###
#@&&;::¨¨¨ With Dew. ¨¨¨::;&&@#
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###@&$;~:¨ Father Is Away During The Day Doing ¨:~;$&@###
####&$;~:¨ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¨:~;$&####
###@&$;~:¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨:~;$&@###
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###@&$;~:¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨:~;$&@###
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####&$;~:¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨:~;$&####
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#@&$;~:¨¨¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨¨¨:~;$&@#
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###@&$;~:¨ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ¨:~;$&@###
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###@&$;~:¨ Scared Of Him Then. ¨:~;$&@###
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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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#@@@&$;~:¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨:~;$&@@@#
##@&$$;~:¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨:~;$$&@##
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###@&$;~:¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨:~;$&@###
###@&$;~:¨ Even In The Morning And Must ¨:~;$&@###
###@&$;~:¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨:~;$&@###
###@&$;~:¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨:~;$&@###
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####&$;~:¨ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ¨:~;$&####
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###@&$;~:¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨:~;$&@###
###@&$;~:¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨:~;$&@###
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