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#@¶&£$;=^¨ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ¨^=;$£&¶@#
@¶&£$;=^¨¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨^=;$£&¶@
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&£$;=^¨¨¨¨ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¨¨¨¨^=;$£&
£$;=^¨¨¨¨¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨¨¨¨¨^=;$£
$;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;$
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;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;
$;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;$
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¶&£$;=^¨¨¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨¨¨^=;$£&¶
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=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=
;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;
$;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;$
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#@¶&£$;=^¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨^=;$£&¶@#
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;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;
$;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;$
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#@¶&£$;=^¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨^=;$£&¶@#
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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;=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=;
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