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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 §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ 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 §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§ With Dew. §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
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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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