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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050">Afghan Girls - Little Flowers - Poem</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://awwproject.org/2012/09/little-flowers/photos-of-the-decade-afghanistan-election/"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="690" height="451" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D460F5.511F8060" alt="cid:E95401D3C0B44BFCB5F2760753FCFDB2@homevnanvgtlek"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em><span lang="EN-GB">Photo by Emilio Morenatti</span></em><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">We are little flowers,<br>
don’t let us die,<br>
we are fragile.<br>
If you throw stones our<br>
stems will break.<br>
Don’t hit us, we are<br>
precious in your life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">We are little flowers that can make your<br>
garden beautiful.<br>
We need shade,<br>
love, care. Our dreams can make your life<br>
sweet. We are strong, don’t force us to be<br>
weak and die in the wind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">If you don’t make us cry, we will<br>
make you smile.<br>
Our colors and scents will<br>
make our land beautiful.<br>
We are Afghan girls, the<br>
hope of our country!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Don’t sell us.<br>
Don’t kill us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Take care of your Afghan girls!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">By Shogofa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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