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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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