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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
^,,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,^
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