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¨¨-=^$%@@# Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A #@@%$^=-¨¨
¨-=^$%@### Decent Days Travel North From That ###@%$^=-¨
¨-=^$$$$@@ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A @@$$$$^=-¨
¨-=^$%@### Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ###@%$^=-¨
¨-=^$%@### Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ###@%$^=-¨
¨¨-=^^^%%@ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But @%%^^^=-¨¨
¨-=^$%@### Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ###@%$^=-¨
¨¨¨¨¨=$@@@ Out. @@@$=¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨---^%%## Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ##%%^---¨¨
¨¨¨¨-^$%@@ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live @@%$^-¨¨¨¨
¨-=^$%@### The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ###@%$^=-¨
¨-=^$%@### For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ###@%$^=-¨
¨-=^$%@### The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ###@%$^=-¨
¨-=^$%@### Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ###@%$^=-¨
¨¨¨¨=^%@@@ Interest To Do So. There Is Important @@@%^=¨¨¨¨
¨¨---^$%@@ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant @@%$^---¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨=$%@# Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) #@%$=¨¨¨¨¨
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¨-=^$%@### Every Morning Our Father Clears The ###@%$^=-¨
¨-=^$%@### Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ###@%$^=-¨
¨-=^$%@### Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ###@%$^=-¨
¨-=^$%@### Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ###@%$^=-¨
¨-=^$%@### Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ###@%$^=-¨
¨-=^$%@@## Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ##@@%$^=-¨
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¨-=^$%%@@# Father Is Away During The Day Doing #@@%%$^=-¨
¨-=^$%#### Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ####%$^=-¨
¨¨¨¨¨-^$%@ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So @%$^-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨=^$%@# Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him #@%$^=¨¨¨¨
¨-=^$%@### So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ###@%$^=-¨
¨-=^^$$%@@ 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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