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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 ,,,--†*££#
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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 ,,-†*%£###
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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 ,,-†*%£###
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#£££%*†-,, 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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