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¨¨¨###¨¨¨# 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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¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨# Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ###¨¨¨¨¨¨#
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¨#¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨¨###¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨#¨¨#¨¨¨ 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 ##¨¨¨¨###¨
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¨¨#¨##¨¨¨¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨¨¨¨¨¨###¨
¨¨¨¨###¨¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨##
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¨¨###¨¨¨#¨ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨## 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 #¨##¨¨¨¨##
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¨¨#¨##¨¨¨# 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 ¨¨¨###¨¨#¨
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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 ¨¨¨#¨##¨¨#
¨###¨¨#¨## 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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