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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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@¤@$^»,¨¨¨ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨¨¨,»^$@¤@
¤@$^»,¨¨¨¨ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨¨¨¨,»^$@¤
@$^»,¨¨¨¨¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨¨¨¨¨,»^$@
$^»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»^$
^»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#@¤@$^»,¨¨ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨¨,»^$@¤@#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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