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¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ Out. §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ 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 §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ 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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¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ His Clothes. §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ 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 §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ 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 §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ 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 §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ We Will Carry It Out. §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As §¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
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