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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 ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
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§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ We Will Carry It Out. ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
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¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ 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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