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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 ####£¤*~^.
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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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