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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 ¨¨¨¨¨:«^%¤
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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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¤%^«:¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#¤%^«:¨¨¨¨ 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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#¤%^«:¨¨¨¨ 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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