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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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###£%=;«,¨ 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 ¨,«;=%£###
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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 ¨,«=%£####
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###£%=;«,¨ 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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