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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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