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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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