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¨,«;^$¤### Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ###¤$^;«,¨
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¨¨¨¨,;$¤## Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ##¤$;,¨¨¨¨
¨,«;^$#### Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ####$^;«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨«;^¤ 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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¨,«;^$¤### Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ###¤$^;«,¨
¨,«««^$$¤¤ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¤¤$$^«««,¨
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¨¨¨¨,;$¤¤¤ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¤¤¤$;,¨¨¨¨
¨,«;^$¤### The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ###¤$^;«,¨
¨¨¨,;^^¤¤# Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best #¤¤^^;,¨¨¨
¨,,,;^^¤## Interest To Do So. There Is Important ##¤^^;,,,¨
¨¨¨¨,,«;$# Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant #$;«,,¨¨¨¨
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¨,«;^$#### Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ####$^;«,¨
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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 #¤^^«,,¨¨¨
¨,«;^$¤### So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ###¤$^;«,¨
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¨,«;^$¤### Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ###¤$^;«,¨
¨,««;;^¤¤¤ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¤¤¤^;;««,¨
¨,«;^$#### Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ####$^;«,¨
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¨¨¨¨,«^^$¤ Decoration In Our House. But When ¤$^^«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,;^¤¤¤ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ¤¤¤^;,¨¨¨¨
¨,«;^$¤### Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ###¤$^;«,¨
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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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