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###@$†=~,, Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ,,~=†$@###
##£@$†=~,, Decent Days Travel North From That ,,~=†$@£##
###@$†=~,, Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ,,~=†$@###
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##£@$†=~,, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,,~=†$@£##
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##£@$†=~,, Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ,,~=†$@£##
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###£@†=~,, For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ,,~=†@£###
##£@$†=~,, The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ,,~=†$@£##
###£$†=~,, Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,,~=†$£###
##£@$†=~,, Interest To Do So. There Is Important ,,~=†$@£##
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##£@$†=~,, Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ,,~=†$@£##
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#££@$†=~,, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,,~=†$@££#
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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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##£@$†=~,, To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ,,~=†$@£##
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@†=~,,,,,, And Smell Good, And There Is Little ,,,,,,~=†@
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##£@$†=~,, Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ,,~=†$@£##
###£$†=~,, Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ,,~=†$£###
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##£@$†=~,, Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ,,~=†$@£##
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##£@$†=~,, Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ,,~=†$@£##
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£@††~,,,,, Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,,,,,~††@£
##£@$†=~,, It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ,,~=†$@£##
#@$†=~~,,, Even In The Morning And Must ,,,~~=†$@#
##£@$†=~,, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,,~=†$@£##
##£@$†=~,, Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,,~=†$@£##
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###@$†=~,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,~=†$@###
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