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¨^~^†$§@## Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ##@§$†^~^¨
¨^~^†$§§§§ Decent Days Travel North From That §§§§$†^~^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~†$§ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is §$†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^~^†$§@@# Out. #@@§$†^~^¨
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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 §†^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~^†$§@@# Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some #@@§$†^~^¨
¨^~^†$§@## Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ##@§$†^~^¨
¨^~^†$@@## Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ##@@$†^~^¨
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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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¨^~^†$§@@# To The Walls And Far From The Light. We #@@§$†^~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful §†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~^†$§@@# And Smell Good, And There Is Little #@@§$†^~^¨
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¨^~^†††$$§ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts §$$†††^~^¨
¨^~^††††§@ 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 §§†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~^†$§@@@ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In @@@§$†^~^¨
¨^~^†$§@@# But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh #@@§$†^~^¨
¨^~^†$§@@# Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The #@@§$†^~^¨
¨^~^†$§@@# House He Suspects And Resents Our #@@§$†^~^¨
¨^~^†$§@@# Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The #@@§$†^~^¨
¨¨¨¨^^~†$@ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. @$†~^^¨¨¨¨
¨^~^†$§@## It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ##@§$†^~^¨
¨¨¨¨^^†$§@ Even In The Morning And Must @§$†^^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~†§@@ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed @@§†~~¨¨¨¨
¨^~†$§@@## Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ##@@§$†~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~^†§ We Will Carry It Out. §†^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^~^†$§@## Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ##@§$†^~^¨
¨¨¨¨^^$§@@ Are Left To Care For Us And The House @@§$^^¨¨¨¨
¨^~^†$§@@# And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We #@@§$†^~^¨
¨^~^†$§@@# Are Distracted. We Are Not As #@@§$†^~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^$§§ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall §§$^~¨¨¨¨¨
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