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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 ¨:~:†¤¤@##
¤¤††††:~:¨ 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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