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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 ¨.=\§*@@@@
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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 ¨.=\§*@###
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##@@*§\=.¨ 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 ¨.=\§§*@@#
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