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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»;=
$=;»,¨¨¨¨¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨¨¨¨¨,»;=$
#$=;»,¨¨¨¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨¨¨¨,»;=$#
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#@#$=;»,¨¨ Out. ¨¨,»;=$#@#
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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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#@#$=;»,¨¨ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¨¨,»;=$#@#
##@#$=;»,¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨,»;=$#@##
#@#$=;»,¨¨ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ¨¨,»;=$#@#
@#$=;»,¨¨¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨¨¨,»;=$#@
#$=;»,¨¨¨¨ Decoration In Our House. But When ¨¨¨¨,»;=$#
$=;»,¨¨¨¨¨ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ¨¨¨¨¨,»;=$
=;»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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