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#¤@@@=\=^, Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ,^=\=@@@¤#
##£¤@=\=^, Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ,^=\=@¤£##
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##£¤@=\=^, Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ,^=\=@¤£##
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¤@\^^,,,,, Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ,,,,,^^\@¤
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##£¤@=\=^, The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ,^=\=@¤£##
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##£¤@=\=^, 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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##£¤@=\=^, Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ,^=\=@¤£##
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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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##£¤@=\=^, Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ,^=\=@¤£##
#¤@\=,,,,, 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 ,,,^^===¤#
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##£¤@=\=^, Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ,^=\=@¤£##
¤¤@===\=^, Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ,^=\===@¤¤
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