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...::::$@# Stands  Our  House  In The  Middle Of  A #@$::::...
.:=:§$@### Forgotten Apple  Orchard.  Our House  Is ###@$§:=:.
.:=:§$£@## Built  Of Dark  Clay  And Abandoned By A ##@£$§:=:.
.:=:§$£@## Stranger.  The  Window Has No Glass  But ##@£$§:=:.
.:=:§$£@## Instead Steel  Bars To  Keep The Animals ##@£$§:=:.
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....:::§£# 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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.:=:§$£@## Them  To  Grow Back  Each  Night.  Their ##@£$§:=:.
.:=::§§£££ Leaves  Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some £££§§::=:.
.:=:§$£@## Even The Color Of Wine. They  Have Lilac ##@£$§:=:.
.:=:§$£@## Flowers And In The  Morning They Are Wet ##@£$§:=:.
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.:=:§$£@## Father  Is  Away  During  The  Day Doing ##@£$§:=:.
.:=:§$££@@ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is  Weary @@££$§:=:.
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.:=:§§§£££ 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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.....=:$££ Inside. Stems And  Leaves  Appear  Close ££$:=.....
.:=:§$£@## To The Walls And Far From  The Light. We ##@£$§:=:.
.:=:§$£@## Are  Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ##@£$§:=:.
.:=:§$£@## And  Smell  Good,  And There  Is  Little ##@£$§:=:.
.:=:§$£@## Decoration   In  Our  House.  But   When ##@£$§:=:.
.:=::§$$$£ Father Comes Home  He Is  Angry And Cuts £$$$§::=:.
.:=:§$£@## Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are ##@£$§:=:.
.:=:§$£££@           Scared Of Him Then.            @£££$§:=:.
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.:=:§$$£@@ Indoor Plant  We See.  But  They  Are So @@£$$§:=:.
.:=::§$£@# Beautiful! We  Wait  Just  Until  Father #@£$§::=:.
.:=:§$£@## Comes  Home  And  Until  Then  We  Enjoy ##@£$§:=:.
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.:=:§$£@## House   He  Suspects  And   Resents  Our ##@£$§:=:.
.:=:§$£@## Inaction.  But  He   Doesn'T   Have  The ##@£$§:=:.
..::===:$@ Energy To Scold Us.  He Weakens Quickly. @$:===::..
.:=:§$£@## It Is Not Long Before  He Is Still Tired ##@£$§:=:.
.:=:§$£@## Even   In    The   Morning    And   Must ##@£$§:=:.
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.:=:§$£@## Are Left  To Care  For Us And  The House ##@£$§:=:.
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.:=:§$£### Persistent As  Father And  Quickly  Fall ###£$§:=:.
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