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¨¨§§§§§§§¨ Decent Days Travel North From That §¨¨§§§§§¨¨
§¨¨§§§§§¨¨ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
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§§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
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§§§§§¨¨§§§ 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 ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§§
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¨§§¨¨§§¨¨§ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨§§¨¨§¨¨§§
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§§¨¨§§§§§§ House He Suspects And Resents Our §¨¨§§§§§¨¨
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§§§§¨¨§§¨¨ 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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§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ Are Left To Care For Us And The House §§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
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§§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨ Behind In Our Duties. §§§§§¨¨§§§
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