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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨-~^% 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 @@£%^~-¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨-~^%£ 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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¨¨¨¨¨-~^%£ 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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