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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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,-«;%£#### 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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,,,,,«%£## 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 ####£%;«-,
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