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@@@£@%=--. Stands Our House In The Middle Of A .--=%@£@@@
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#@@£@%=--. Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But .--=%@£@@#
#@@£@%=--. Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals .--=%@£@@#
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#@@£@%=--. 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 .--=%@£@@@
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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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@@@£@%=--. 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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@£@@=-.... Father Is Away During The Day Doing ....-=@@£@
##@£@%=--. 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 .--=%@£@@#
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#@@£@%=--. 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 .--=%@£@@#
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#@@£@%=--. Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father .--=%@£@@#
#@@£@%=--. Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy .--=%@£@@#
#@@£@%=--. Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In .--=%@£@@#
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##@£@%=--. Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The .--=%@£@##
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#@@£@%=--. It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired .--=%@£@@#
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@@@£@%=--. Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed .--=%@£@@@
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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 ......-=@@
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#@@£@%=--. Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall .--=%@£@@#
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