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####%$=»^, Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ,^»=$%####
####%$=»^, Decent Days Travel North From That ,^»=$%####
####%$=»^, Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ,^»=$%####
#$$=»,,,,, Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ,,,,,»=$$#
##$=»»^^,, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,,^^»»=$##
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####%$=»^, Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ,^»=$%####
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####%$=»^, Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ,^»=$%####
####%$=»^, The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ,^»=$%####
#$=^,,,,,, For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ,,,,,,^=$#
#%%=»»,,,, 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 ,^»===%%##
####%$=»^, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,^»=$%####
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####%$=»^, Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ,^»=$%####
#%%=»^,,,, 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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####%$=»^, We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ,^»=$%####
##$»^^^^,, Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ,,^^^^»$##
#$=^,,,,,, Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ,,,,,,^=$#
####%$=»^, Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ,^»=$%####
#%%=»»,,,, Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ,,,,»»=%%#
#%$»,,,,,, But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ,,,,,,»$%#
####%$=»^, Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ,^»=$%####
####%$=»^, House He Suspects And Resents Our ,^»=$%####
####%$=»^, Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ,^»=$%####
####%$=»^, Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,^»=$%####
##%%$$=»^, It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ,^»=$$%%##
#$$=»»^^^, Even In The Morning And Must ,^^^»»=$$#
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####%$=»^, Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,^»=$%####
####%$=»^, We Will Carry It Out. ,^»=$%####
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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 ,,,,»=%%##
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