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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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#&£%;«^¨¨¨ 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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