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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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#¶£$§:~,¨¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨¨,~:§$£¶#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:§
$§:~,¨¨¨¨¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨¨¨¨¨,~:§$
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$§:~,¨¨¨¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨¨¨¨,~:§$
§:~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:§
$§:~,¨¨¨¨¨ Decoration In Our House. But When ¨¨¨¨¨,~:§$
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£$§:~,¨¨¨¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨¨¨¨,~:§$£
$§:~,¨¨¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨¨¨,~:§$
§:~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:§
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£$§:~,¨¨¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨¨¨¨,~:§$£
$§:~,¨¨¨¨¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨¨¨¨¨,~:§$
§:~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:§
:~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
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