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¤¤%%%/--,, 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 ,-~/%£¤@##
##@¤£%/~-, Out. ,-~/%£¤@##
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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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#¤£%/-,,,, 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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