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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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