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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»:
^:»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ Out. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»:^
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£@$^:»,¨¨¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨¨¨,»:^$@£
#£@$^:»,¨¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨¨,»:^$@£#
##£@$^:»,¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨,»:^$@£##
#£@$^:»,¨¨ The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¨¨,»:^$@£#
£@$^:»,¨¨¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨¨¨,»:^$@£
@$^:»,¨¨¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨¨¨¨,»:^$@
$^:»,¨¨¨¨¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨¨¨¨¨,»:^$
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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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$^:»,¨¨¨¨¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨¨¨¨¨,»:^$
^:»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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