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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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.:-:§@§### 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 ##§§@§:-:.
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.:-:§@#### Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ####@§:-:.
.:-:§@@§§# With Dew. #§§@@§:-:.
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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 ###§@§:-:.
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