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=†«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«†=
†«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«†
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,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«†=
$=†«,¨¨¨¨¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨¨¨¨¨,«†=$
#$=†«,¨¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨¨,«†=$#
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#£#$=†«,¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨,«†=$#£#
##£#$=†«,¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨,«†=$#£##
#£#$=†«,¨¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨¨,«†=$#£#
£#$=†«,¨¨¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨¨¨,«†=$#£
#$=†«,¨¨¨¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨¨¨¨,«†=$#
$=†«,¨¨¨¨¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨¨¨¨¨,«†=$
=†«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«†=
$=†«,¨¨¨¨¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨¨¨¨¨,«†=$
#$=†«,¨¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨¨,«†=$#
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