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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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¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨§ 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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