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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 =/~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~/=£ 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 #¤£=/~^,,,
,,^~/=£¤#@ 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 ¤£=/~^,,,,
,,,,,^~/=£ Behind In Our Duties. £=/~^,,,,,
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