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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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¨§§§§§§¨§§ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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§¨¨¨¨§¨§§§ 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 §§¨§¨§§§¨¨
§§¨§§¨§§¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨§§§§§¨
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¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨ 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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¨¨§¨§§§¨§§ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨§§¨§¨¨§¨¨
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§¨§§§§§¨§¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨§¨§¨§§§¨§
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