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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 ¨^~/$&£###
####£&$~^¨ 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.                 ¨¨¨¨¨^~$£#
###£&$/~^¨                                          ¨^~/$&£###
#&$/^^^¨¨¨ 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.               ¨^~/$&£###
##££&$/~^¨                                          ¨^~/$&££##
###£&$/~^¨ 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.            ¨¨¨¨¨^//&#
#££&$/~¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨~/$&££#
##£&&$/~^¨ 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.          ¨^~/$&####
###£&$/~^¨                                          ¨^~/$&£###
#&$//~¨¨¨¨ 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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