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#¶#@§;«^.. 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 .^«;§@#¶##
#¶#@§;«^.. Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ..^«;§@#¶#
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#¶#@§;«^.. Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ..^«;§@#¶#
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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 ....^«;§@#
¶#@§;«^... Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ...^«;§@#¶
#¶#@§;«^.. Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ..^«;§@#¶#
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##¶#@§;«^. Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For .^«;§@#¶##
#¶#@§;«^.. 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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#¶#@§;«^.. When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ..^«;§@#¶#
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#@§;«^.... So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ....^«;§@#
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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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#@§;«^.... Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ....^«;§@#
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#¶#@§;«^.. 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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#¶#@§;«^.. 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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