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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 ,,,,,^«;†¤
†;«^,,,,,, Out. ,,,,,,^«;†
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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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