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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~†*#
##£#$*†~~¨ Flowers  And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨~~†*$#£##
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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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##£#$*†~~¨ Falls  Asleep As Soon  As He Returns. We ¨~~†*$#£##
###£$*†~~¨ Are Left To  Care For  Us And The  House ¨~~†*$£###
£#***~~~~¨ 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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