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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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##££*$/~^, The Animals That We Fight To  Keep Away, ,^~/$*££##
£££**$/~^, For They  Speak To Us  To  Join  Them In ,^~/$**£££
£££*/^,,,, 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 ,^~/*££###
##££*$/~^, Them  To  Grow  Back  Each Night.  Their ,^~/$*££##
£$$$/^^,,, Leaves Are Teal,  White And Yellow, Some ,,,^^/$$$£
##££*$/~^, Even The  Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,^~/$*££##
##££*$/~^, Flowers And In The Morning They Are  Wet ,^~/$*££##
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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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#£££*$/~^, Falls  Asleep As  Soon As He Returns. We ,^~/$*£££#
££$//~^,,, Are Left To Care  For Us  And  The House ,,,^~//$££
##££*$/~^, And The Orchard.  But It Is Hard And  We ,^~/$*££##
££££*$/~^, Are   Distracted.    We   Are   Not   As ,^~/$*££££
£***$//~^, Persistent  As  Father And Quickly  Fall ,^~//$***£
###£*$/~^,          Behind In Our Duties.           ,^~/$*£###
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