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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 §§\:¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨:~\§@§### 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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¨¨¨¨:~§§§# 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 #§§~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨:~\@§#@ 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 #@@§\::¨¨¨
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