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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 ,,,,,,==§#
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###¤§$==,, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,,==$§¤###
#¤¤¤§$==,, Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,,==$§¤¤¤#
¤§$=,,,,,, We Will Carry It Out. ,,,,,,=$§¤
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¤$$==,,,,, Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ,,,,,==$$¤
#¤$=,,,,,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,,,,,=$¤#
###¤§$==,, Are Left To Care For Us And The House ,,==$§¤###
###¤§$==,, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,,==$§¤###
¤¤¤§§$==,, Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,,==$§§¤¤¤
¤$==,,,,,, Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ,,,,,,==$¤
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