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£¤$†«~.... Large Bend  Like A Scooping  Hand  And A ....~«†$¤£
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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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#@£¤$†«~.. Brush  Of Ferns  And  Bushes. There Live ..~«†$¤£@#
@£¤$†«~... The Animals That We  Fight To Keep Away, ...~«†$¤£@
£¤$†«~.... For  They Speak To  Us To Join  Them  In ....~«†$¤£
¤$†«~..... The  Luscious  Caves Below  Ground. They .....~«†$¤
$†«~...... Mean No  Harm But  It Is Not In Our Best ......~«†$
†«~....... 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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@£¤$†«~... Every  Morning  Our  Father  Clears  The ...~«†$¤£@
#@£¤$†«~.. Ferns  And Uproots  The  Bushes Only For ..~«†$¤£@#
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#@£¤$†«~.. Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow,  Some ..~«†$¤£@#
@£¤$†«~... Even  The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ...~«†$¤£@
£¤$†«~.... Flowers And In  The Morning They Are Wet ....~«†$¤£
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†«~....... Father  Is  Away During  The  Day  Doing .......~«†
$†«~...... Important Things Elsewhere. He Is  Weary ......~«†$
¤$†«~..... When He  Returns Home, Each  Day More So .....~«†$¤
£¤$†«~.... Than The Next. We Learn  To Cook For Him ....~«†$¤£
@£¤$†«~... So That He  Does Not Have To. We Tend To ...~«†$¤£@
#@£¤$†«~..               His Clothes.               ..~«†$¤£@#
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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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#@£¤$†«~.. Beautiful! We  Wait  Just  Until  Father ..~«†$¤£@#
@£¤$†«~... Comes  Home  And  Until  Then  We  Enjoy ...~«†$¤£@
£¤$†«~.... Them. Sometimes An Animal Will  Sneak In ....~«†$¤£
¤$†«~..... But We Always Shoo Them Out. With  Fresh .....~«†$¤
$†«~...... Cut  Flowers Thrown  Right  Outside  The ......~«†$
†«~....... House   He   Suspects  And  Resents  Our .......~«†
$†«~...... Inaction.   But  He  Doesn'T   Have  The ......~«†$
¤$†«~..... Energy To Scold  Us. He Weakens Quickly. .....~«†$¤
£¤$†«~.... It Is Not  Long Before He Is Still Tired ....~«†$¤£
@£¤$†«~... Even   In   The    Morning   And    Must ...~«†$¤£@
#@£¤$†«~..    Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed    ..~«†$¤£@#
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#@£¤$†«~..          We Will Carry It Out.           ..~«†$¤£@#
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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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