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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 ,,,,.=**££
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##£@£%*=., Out. ,.=*%£@£##
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#£££*..,,, 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 ,.=*%£@£##
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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 ,,,,=%%£@£
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##£@£%*=., 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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