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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 ,,,»»\%%§#
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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 ,,,,,\%§§§
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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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