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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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@¶§@$;~:.. Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ..:~;$@§¶@
¶§@$;~:... To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ...:~;$@§¶
§@$;~:.... Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ....:~;$@§
@$;~:..... And Smell Good, And There Is Little .....:~;$@
§@$;~:.... Decoration In Our House. But When ....:~;$@§
¶§@$;~:... Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ...:~;$@§¶
@¶§@$;~:.. Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ..:~;$@§¶@
#@¶§@$;~:. Scared Of Him Then. .:~;$@§¶@#
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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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