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§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ 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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§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ 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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