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£&%$†«,,,, Large  Bend  Like  A Scooping Hand And A ,,,,«†$%&£
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##£&%$†«^, Stands  Our  House  In The Middle  Of  A ,^«†$%&£##
##£&%$†«^, Forgotten  Apple Orchard. Our  House  Is ,^«†$%&£##
&&$«,,,,,, Built Of Dark  Clay And Abandoned  By  A ,,,,,,«$&&
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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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##£&%$†«^, Ferns  And Uproots The  Bushes  Only For ,^«†$%&£##
&%††««,,,, 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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##£&%$†«^, Indoor Plant  We  See.  But They  Are So ,^«†$%&£##
££%%%$†«^, Beautiful!  We  Wait  Just  Until Father ,^«†$%%%££
£&$$†^^,,, Comes  Home  And  Until  Then  We  Enjoy ,,,^^†$$&£
###£&%$†«^ Them. Sometimes An Animal  Will Sneak In ^«†$%&£###
##£&%$†«^, But We Always Shoo Them Out. With  Fresh ,^«†$%&£##
££%%†«,,,, Cut  Flowers  Thrown  Right Outside  The ,,,,«†%%££
&$«,,,,,,, House  He  Suspects  And   Resents   Our ,,,,,,,«$&
##£&%$†«^, Inaction.   But   He  Doesn'T  Have  The ,^«†$%&£##
##£&%$†«^, Energy  To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,^«†$%&£##
###£%$†«^, It Is  Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ,^«†$%£###
##£&%$†«^, Even   In    The   Morning   And    Must ,^«†$%&£##
##£&%$†«^,    Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed    ,^«†$%&£##
&&%%%$†«^, Cutting To Us  As  Well, Untrusting That ,^«†$%%%&&
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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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