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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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#@¶@§**=^¨ 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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¶@§**=^¨¨¨ 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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