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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 @@£§£*†=.,
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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 #@£§£*†=.,
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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 £££§£*†=.,
,,,,.=††£§ Are Distracted. We Are Not As §£††=.,,,,
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