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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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