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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 ##@#£^†~,.
....~~††^£ 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 #@#££^†~,.
.,~†^££#@# 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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.,~†^££££# Every Morning Our Father Clears The #££££^†~,.
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.,~†^££#@# Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their #@#££^†~,.
....,†££#@ 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 #@#££^†~,.
....,~~†^£ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close £^†~~,....
....,†^£££ 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 £££££^†~,.
...,~~†£## Scared Of Him Then. ##£†~~,...
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.,~†^££#@@ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any @@#££^†~,.
.....,~^£# 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 ##@££^†~,.
.,~†^££### Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ###££^†~,.
.,~†^££#@# House He Suspects And Resents Our #@#££^†~,.
...,~††^^£ 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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