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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=/*
%*/=~¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=
/=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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