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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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¨-»^=¤£### 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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