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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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##$^;-^¨¨¨ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¨¨¨^-;^$##
###$^;-^¨¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨¨^-;^$###
####$^;-^¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨^-;^$####
###$^;-^¨¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨¨^-;^$###
##$^;-^¨¨¨ The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¨¨¨^-;^$##
#$^;-^¨¨¨¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨¨¨¨^-;^$#
$^;-^¨¨¨¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨¨¨¨¨^-;^$
#$^;-^¨¨¨¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨¨¨¨^-;^$#
##$^;-^¨¨¨ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ¨¨¨^-;^$##
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####$^;-^¨ Every Morning Our Father Clears The ¨^-;^$####
###$^;-^¨¨ Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ¨¨^-;^$###
##$^;-^¨¨¨ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨¨¨^-;^$##
#$^;-^¨¨¨¨ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨¨¨¨^-;^$#
$^;-^¨¨¨¨¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨¨¨¨¨^-;^$
#$^;-^¨¨¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨¨¨^-;^$#
##$^;-^¨¨¨ With Dew. ¨¨¨^-;^$##
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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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####$^;-^¨ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¨^-;^$####
###$^;-^¨¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨¨^-;^$###
##$^;-^¨¨¨ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ¨¨¨^-;^$##
#$^;-^¨¨¨¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨¨¨¨^-;^$#
$^;-^¨¨¨¨¨ Decoration In Our House. But When ¨¨¨¨¨^-;^$
#$^;-^¨¨¨¨ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ¨¨¨¨^-;^$#
##$^;-^¨¨¨ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ¨¨¨^-;^$##
###$^;-^¨¨ Scared Of Him Then. ¨¨^-;^$###
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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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###$^;-^¨¨ Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ¨¨^-;^$###
##$^;-^¨¨¨ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ¨¨¨^-;^$##
#$^;-^¨¨¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨¨¨¨^-;^$#
$^;-^¨¨¨¨¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨¨¨¨¨^-;^$
#$^;-^¨¨¨¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨¨¨¨^-;^$#
##$^;-^¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨^-;^$##
###$^;-^¨¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨¨^-;^$###
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