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¨.»†§%£#@# Built Of  Dark Clay And  Abandoned  By A #@#£%§†».¨
¨.»†§%£@## Stranger.  The  Window  Has No Glass But ##@£%§†».¨
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¨.»†§%£##@ Brush  Of Ferns And  Bushes.  There Live @##£%§†».¨
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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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¨.»†§%£#@# Flowers And In  The Morning They Are Wet #@#£%§†».¨
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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 #@#£%§†».¨
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¨.»†§%£#@# 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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¨.»†§%£#@# 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 #%†††..¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨»†%£ Inaction.  But   He  Doesn'T  Have   The £%†»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.»†§%£#@# 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 #@#£%§†».¨
¨.»†§%£#@# Falls Asleep As Soon As  He Returns.  We #@#£%§†».¨
¨.»†§%£#@# Are Left  To Care For  Us  And The House #@#£%§†».¨
¨.»§%£#@## And The Orchard. But It Is Hard  And  We ##@#£%§».¨
¨.»†§§§§%£ Are   Distracted.   We   Are   Not    As £%§§§§†».¨
¨.»†§%£#@# Persistent  As  Father And  Quickly Fall #@#£%§†».¨
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