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,.«§&£#@## 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 £&&&§«.,,,
,.«†§&£#@# 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 £&§«,,,,,,
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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 £&†.,,,,,,
,.«†§&£@##               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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