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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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¨^=/*$&##@ Every Morning Our Father Clears The @##&$*/=^¨
¨^=/*$&#@# Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For #@#&$*/=^¨
¨^=/*$#@## Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ##@#$*/=^¨
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¨^=/*$&#@# Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac #@#&$*/=^¨
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¨^=/*$$&## With Dew. ##&$$*/=^¨
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¨¨¨¨^^=*&& Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary &&*=^^¨¨¨¨
¨^=/*$&### When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ###&$*/=^¨
¨^=/*$&#@# Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him #@#&$*/=^¨
¨^=/*$&#@# So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To #@#&$*/=^¨
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¨^=/*$&#@# Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close #@#&$*/=^¨
¨^=/**$&## To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ##&$**/=^¨
¨^=/*$&#@# Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful #@#&$*/=^¨
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¨^=/*$&#@# Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts #@#&$*/=^¨
¨^=/*&#@## Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ##@#&*/=^¨
¨^=/*$&&## Scared Of Him Then. ##&&$*/=^¨
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¨^=/*$&#@# We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any #@#&$*/=^¨
¨¨¨¨=**$&@ Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So @&$**=¨¨¨¨
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¨^=/$&#@## Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ##@#&$/=^¨
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¨^=/*$&#@@ House He Suspects And Resents Our @@#&$*/=^¨
¨^=/*$&#@# Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The #@#&$*/=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨==*& 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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¨^=/*$$&&# Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We #&&$$*/=^¨
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¨^=/*$&#@# Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall #@#&$*/=^¨
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