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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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###@$%^»,¨ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¨,»^%$@###
#$^^»,¨¨¨¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨¨¨¨,»^^$#
#$%^^^»,¨¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨¨,»^^^%$#
###@$%^»,¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨,»^%$@###
###@$%^»,¨ The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ¨,»^%$@###
###@$%^»,¨ Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ¨,»^%$@###
#@@$%»»,¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨¨,»»%$@@#
###@$%^»,¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨,»^%$@###
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#@$^»»,¨¨¨ Every Morning Our Father Clears The ¨¨¨,»»^$@#
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####$%^»,¨ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨,»^%$####
###@$%^»,¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨,»^%$@###
##$$%%^»,¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨,»^%%$$##
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###@$%^»,¨ Father Is Away During The Day Doing ¨,»^%$@###
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###@$%^»,¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨,»^%$@###
###@$%^»,¨ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¨,»^%$@###
###@$%^»,¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨,»^%$@###
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###@$%^»,¨ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¨,»^%$@###
###@$%^»,¨ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¨,»^%$@###
@$%%%^^»,¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨,»^^%%%$@
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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 ¨¨¨¨»^%@@@
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#$^^»,¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨¨,»^^$#
###@$%^»,¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨,»^%$@###
###@$%^»,¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨,»^%$@###
#$%^,¨¨¨¨¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨¨¨¨¨,^%$#
###@$%^»,¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨,»^%$@###
@$%%»¨¨¨¨¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨¨¨¨¨»%%$@
#@$$%^,¨¨¨ Even In The Morning And Must ¨¨¨,^%$$@#
###@$%^»,¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨,»^%$@###
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##$$$%^»,¨ We Will Carry It Out. ¨,»^%$$$##
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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 ¨¨¨,,,^%@#
##$^»»»¨¨¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨¨¨»»»^$##
#$^^»¨¨¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨¨¨»^^$#
#$%^,,¨¨¨¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨¨¨¨,,^%$#
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