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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 ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§§
§§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§ Out. §§¨§§§§§¨§
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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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§¨§§¨§¨¨§¨ 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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§¨§¨¨§¨¨§§ 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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