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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 ¨¨¨~~~§§§@
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@¶§££§/~.¨ 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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