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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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..=;§%¤£## Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ##£¤%§;=..
..=;§%¤£## Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ##£¤%§;=..
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..=;§%¤£## 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 #¤%§§=....
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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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..=;§%¤£## 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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..=;§%¤£## 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 ¤¤%;;;=...
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..=;§%¤£## We Will Carry It Out. ##£¤%§;=..
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...==§§%¤# Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We #¤%§§==...
..=;§§%¤£# Are Left To Care For Us And The House #£¤%§§;=..
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