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#@#@*†^=:. Decent Days Travel North From That .:=^†*@#@#
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##@@*†^=:. Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is .:=^†*@@##
##@#@†^=:. Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A .:=^†@#@##
##@#@†^=:. Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But .:=^†@#@##
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#@#@*†^=:. The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They .:=^†*@#@#
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#@#@*†^=:. 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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##@@*†^=:. Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac .:=^†*@@##
#@#@*†^=:. Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet .:=^†*@#@#
#@#@*†^=:. With Dew. .:=^†*@#@#
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#@@**†^=:. Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary .:=^†**@@#
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#*††^:.... Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ....:^††*#
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#@#@*†^=:. To The Walls And Far From The Light. We .:=^†*@#@#
#@#@*†^=:. Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful .:=^†*@#@#
#@#@*†^=:. And Smell Good, And There Is Little .:=^†*@#@#
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@##@*†^=:. Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts .:=^†*@##@
##@#@†^=:. Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are .:=^†@#@##
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@#@*^=:... Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ...:=^*@#@
#@@†==.... Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ....==†@@#
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#*††==.... Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ....==††*#
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@*^^^=.... 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 .:=^†*@#@#
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###@*†^=:. .:=^†*@###
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###@*†^=:. Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We .:=^†*@###
##@#@*†^=: Are Left To Care For Us And The House :=^†*@#@##
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#@#@*†^=:. Are Distracted. We Are Not As .:=^†*@#@#
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