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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, ¨¨¨¨:~/%##
####%$/~:¨ For They Speak  To Us  To  Join  Them In ¨:~/$%####
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##$~~:¨¨¨¨ Mean  No Harm But It Is Not In Our  Best ¨¨¨¨:~~$##
####%$/~:¨ Interest  To  Do So.  There Is Important ¨:~/$%####
####%$/~:¨ Work That Needs  To Be Done, And It Cant ¨:~/$%####
#%%%/~¨¨¨¨ 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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####%$/~:¨ Inside.  Stems  And Leaves  Appear Close ¨:~/$%####
####%$/~:¨ To The Walls  And Far From The Light. We ¨:~/$%####
#%%%$$/~:¨ Are  Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ¨:~/$$%%%#
####%$/~:¨ And  Smell Good,  And  There  Is  Little ¨:~/$%####
####%$/~:¨ Decoration  In   Our   House.  But  When ¨:~/$%####
####%$/~:¨ Father  Comes Home He Is Angry And  Cuts ¨:~/$%####
###$/:¨¨¨¨ Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are ¨¨¨¨:/$###
#%$~~¨¨¨¨¨           Scared Of Him Then.            ¨¨¨¨¨~~$%#
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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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