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¨,~:%$££## Forgotten  Apple Orchard.  Our  House Is ##££$%:~,¨
¨,~:%$£### Built  Of  Dark Clay  And Abandoned By A ###£$%:~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~%£# Stranger.  The  Window Has No  Glass But #£%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,~:%£ The Animals That We Fight  To Keep Away, £%:~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~:%$£### For They  Speak  To Us  To  Join Them In ###£$%:~,¨
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¨,~:%$£### Mean No  Harm But It Is Not  In Our Best ###£$%:~,¨
¨,~:%$£### Interest  To Do  So. There Is  Important ###£$%:~,¨
¨,~:%$£### Work That Needs To Be  Done, And It Cant ###£$%:~,¨
¨,~:%$£### Be Done By Animals. (Father Says  This.) ###£$%:~,¨
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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 #££%~~¨¨¨¨
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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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¨,~:%$£### Indoor  Plant  We See.  But They Are  So ###£$%:~,¨
¨¨¨,,::%$# Beautiful!  We  Wait  Just Until  Father #$%::,,¨¨¨
¨,~:%$£### Comes  Home  And  Until  Then  We  Enjoy ###£$%:~,¨
¨,~:%$£### Them. Sometimes An Animal Will  Sneak In ###£$%:~,¨
¨,~:%$£### But We Always Shoo  Them Out. With Fresh ###£$%:~,¨
¨¨¨~~~%£## 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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