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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 §§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
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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 §§§¨§§§§¨§
§§§¨§¨§§¨¨ 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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