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§§§§§§§§§§ 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 ¨§§¨¨§§§§§
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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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¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§ 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 §§¨¨§§§§§§
¨¨§§¨¨§§§§ With Dew. §¨¨¨¨§§§§§
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¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨§§§§§§¨¨
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¨¨§§§¨¨§§¨ We Will Carry It Out. §§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ 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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