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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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