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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 ¨¨¨,«:†£§#
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#@#§£†:«,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
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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 ¨¨¨,«:†£§#
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#@#§£†:«,¨ 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 ¨¨¨,«:†£§#
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#@#§£†:«,¨ 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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