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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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¨.~;$%§£## Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ##£§%$;~.¨
¨¨.~;$%§£# When He Returns Home, Each Day More So #£§%$;~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~;$%§£ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him £§%$;~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~;$%§ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To §%$;~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~;$% His Clothes. %$;~.¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨.~;$%§£# Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So #£§%$;~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~;$%§£ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father £§%$;~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~;$%§ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy §%$;~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~;$% Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In %$;~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~;$%§ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh §%$;~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~;$%§£ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The £§%$;~.¨¨¨
¨¨.~;$%§£# House He Suspects And Resents Our #£§%$;~.¨¨
¨.~;$%§£## Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ##£§%$;~.¨
¨¨.~;$%§£# Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. #£§%$;~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~;$%§£ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired £§%$;~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~;$%§ Even In The Morning And Must §%$;~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~;$% Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed %$;~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~;$%§ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That §%$;~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~;$%§£ We Will Carry It Out. £§%$;~.¨¨¨
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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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