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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 ,~»^£&####
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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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