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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 ..,«^*#@@#
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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 .....,«^*#
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