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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 ,:=;§%£###
##%%;==:,, Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ,,:==;%%##
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#£§=,,,,,, 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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#£%;::,,,, 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 ,:=;;§§%£#
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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 ,,,=;§§%%#
#£§§===,,, Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ,,,===§§£#
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###£%§;=:, Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ,:=;§%£###
###£%§;=:, 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 ,:=;§%££##
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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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£%%%%§;=:, House He Suspects And Resents Our ,:=;§%%%%£
###£%§;=:, Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ,:=;§%£###
#£%;;;;=:, Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,:=;;;;%£#
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#%%%;=,,,, 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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###£%§;=:, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,:=;§%£###
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