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¨.=/%&¤£££ 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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¨.=/%&¤£## 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 ##£¤&%/=.¨
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¨.=/%&¤£## Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ##£¤&%/=.¨
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¨.=/%&£### Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ###£&%/=.¨
¨.=/%&¤£## Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ##£¤&%/=.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨../%¤ 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 #£&%/.¨¨¨¨
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¨.=/%&¤£## 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 ##£¤&%/=.¨
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¨.=/%&¤### Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ###¤&%/=.¨
¨.=/%&£### Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ###£&%/=.¨
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¨.=/%&¤£## Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ##£¤&%/=.¨
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¨.=/%&¤£## 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 ##£¤&%/=.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨.//%¤ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¤%//.¨¨¨¨¨
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