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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 §§§§¨¨¨§§§
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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 ¨§§§¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨§¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨ We Will Carry It Out. ¨§§¨§¨¨§¨¨
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¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House §§§¨§§§§§¨
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§§¨§§¨§¨¨¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§
¨¨§§¨§§§¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨§§§§¨¨§
§¨§¨§§¨¨§¨ Behind In Our Duties. §¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§
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