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##@£%$*~,¨ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ¨,~*$%£@##
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##@£%$*~,¨ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨,~*$%£@##
###@%$*~,¨ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¨,~*$%@###
###@%$*~,¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨,~*$%@###
##@£%$*~,¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨,~*$%£@##
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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 ¨¨¨¨,*%££#
##@£%$*~,¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨,~*$%£@##
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##@£%$*~,¨ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¨,~*$%£@##
#££$$~¨¨¨¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨¨¨¨~$$££#
#£$*,¨¨¨¨¨ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ¨¨¨¨¨,*$£#
@@@£%$*~,¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨,~*$%£@@@
£$*,¨¨¨¨¨¨ Decoration In Our House. But When ¨¨¨¨¨¨,*$£
@%%*~~,¨¨¨ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ¨¨¨,~~*%%@
£$**,¨¨¨¨¨ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ¨¨¨¨¨,**$£
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##@£%$*~,¨ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨,~*$%£@##
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##@£%$*~,¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨,~*$%£@##
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##@£%$*~,¨ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨,~*$%£@##
#£$~~,¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨¨,~~$£#
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#£$$*~,¨¨¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨¨¨,~*$$£#
##@£%$*~,¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨,~*$%£@##
##@£%$*~,¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨,~*$%£@##
£$*,,¨¨¨¨¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨¨¨¨¨,,*$£
##@£%$*~,¨ Even In The Morning And Must ¨,~*$%£@##
£$~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~$£
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#@£$$*~¨¨¨ Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ¨¨¨~*$$£@#
###£%$*~,¨ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ¨,~*$%£###
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###@%$*~,¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨,~*$%@###
#@%%%$*~,¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨,~*$%%%@#
##@£%$*~,¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨,~*$%£@##
##@£%$*~,¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨,~*$%£@##
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