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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 #£§††=¨¨¨¨
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¨.=†§$£### Beautiful!  We  Wait  Just Until  Father ###£$§†=.¨
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¨.=†§$£### Inaction.  But  He   Doesn'T   Have  The ###£$§†=.¨
¨.=†§$£### Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens  Quickly. ###£$§†=.¨
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¨.=†§$£###           We Will Carry It Out.          ###£$§†=.¨
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¨.=†§$£### Are Left To  Care For  Us And  The House ###£$§†=.¨
¨.=†§$£### And  The Orchard.  But It Is Hard And We ###£$§†=.¨
¨.=†§$£### Are   Distracted.   We   Are   Not    As ###£$§†=.¨
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