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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 ,,,~=$$&££
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£££&&$=~:, Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ,:~=$&&£££
##£&&$=~:, Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ,:~=$&&£##
£&&&$~:::, To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ,:::~$&&&£
##£&&$=~:, Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ,:~=$&&£##
£&&$~:,,,, And Smell Good, And There Is Little ,,,,:~$&&£
&$$$~:,,,, 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 ,:~=$$&&&&
##£&&$=~:, Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,:~=$&&£##
##£&&$=~:, It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ,:~=$&&£##
&$=:,,,,,, Even In The Morning And Must ,,,,,,:=$&
£&&&=~:,,, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,,,:~=&&&£
##£&&$=~:, Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,:~=$&&£##
##£&&$=~:, We Will Carry It Out. ,:~=$&&£##
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##£&&$=~:, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,:~=$&&£##
££&&$$=~:, 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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