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¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ Out. ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
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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 ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
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