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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 ,,,~~~^¤£@
£¤¤$^~,,,, Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ,,,,~^$¤¤£
£££¤¤$^~~, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,~~^$¤¤£££
@¤$^~~,,,, Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ,,,,~~^$¤@
@££¤¤$^~~, Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ,~~^$¤¤££@
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#@£¤¤$^~~, Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ,~~^$¤¤£@#
££¤¤¤$^~~, The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ,~~^$¤¤¤££
#@£¤¤$^~~, For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ,~~^$¤¤£@#
##£¤¤$^~~, The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ,~~^$¤¤£##
¤$$~,,,,,, Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,,,,,,~$$¤
£¤¤¤^~~~~, 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 ,,,,,~~^¤£
#@£¤¤$^~~, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,~~^$¤¤£@#
£¤$~~~~~,, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,,~~~~~$¤£
#@£¤¤$^~~, Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ,~~^$¤¤£@#
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##£¤¤$^~~, Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ,~~^$¤¤£##
#@£¤¤$^~~, When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ,~~^$¤¤£@#
@££¤¤$^~~, Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ,~~^$¤¤££@
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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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#@£¤¤$^~~, Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ,~~^$¤¤£@#
#@£¤¤$^~~, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,~~^$¤¤£@#
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¤$^~~,,,,, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,,,,,~~^$¤
@¤¤¤¤$^~~, Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,~~^$¤¤¤¤@
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