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@@@£§†=~,. Large  Bend Like A Scooping  Hand  And A .,~=†§£@@@
@§§§†==~,. Decent  Days  Travel   North  From  That .,~==†§§§@
#£££§†=~,. Stands Our  House In  The  Middle  Of  A .,~=†§£££#
££†††=,... Forgotten  Apple  Orchard. Our House  Is ...,=†††££
@@££§†=~,. Built Of Dark  Clay And  Abandoned  By A .,~=†§££@@
##@£§†=~,. Stranger.  The Window Has No  Glass  But .,~=†§£@##
##@£§†=~,. Instead  Steel Bars To Keep  The Animals .,~=†§£@##
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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 .,~=†††§£#
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£§††~~.... 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 .,~=†§££@#
###£§†=~,. Ferns And Uproots  The  Bushes  Only For .,~=†§£###
#@£§§†=~,. 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 .,~=†§£@##
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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 .,~=†§£@##
£££†††=~,. 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 ..,~~=§§£#
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££†~,,.... We Are  Then Tasked  With  Removing  Any ....,,~†££
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£†~,,..... 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 .,~==†††£#
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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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