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@¶¤%$^~~¨¨ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ¨¨~~^$%¤¶@
#@¶¤%$^~~¨ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¨~~^$%¤¶@#
@¶¤%$^~~¨¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨¨~~^$%¤¶@
¶¤%$^~~¨¨¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨¨¨~~^$%¤¶
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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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¶¤%$^~~¨¨¨ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨¨¨~~^$%¤¶
@¶¤%$^~~¨¨ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨¨~~^$%¤¶@
#@¶¤%$^~~¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨~~^$%¤¶@#
@¶¤%$^~~¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¨¨~~^$%¤¶@
¶¤%$^~~¨¨¨ With Dew. ¨¨¨~~^$%¤¶
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%$^~~¨¨¨¨¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨¨¨¨¨~~^$%
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¶¤%$^~~¨¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨¨~~^$%¤¶
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¶¤%$^~~¨¨¨ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¨¨¨~~^$%¤¶
¤%$^~~¨¨¨¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨¨¨¨~~^$%¤
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%$^~~¨¨¨¨¨ Decoration In Our House. But When ¨¨¨¨¨~~^$%
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¶¤%$^~~¨¨¨ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ¨¨¨~~^$%¤¶
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¶¤%$^~~¨¨¨ Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ¨¨¨~~^$%¤¶
¤%$^~~¨¨¨¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨¨¨¨~~^$%¤
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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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¶¤%$^~~¨¨¨ Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ¨¨¨~~^$%¤¶
@¶¤%$^~~¨¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨¨~~^$%¤¶@
#@¶¤%$^~~¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨~~^$%¤¶@#
@¶¤%$^~~¨¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨¨~~^$%¤¶@
¶¤%$^~~¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨~~^$%¤¶
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