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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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###£$:=,.. Every  Morning  Our  Father  Clears  The ..,=:$£###
####£$:=,. Ferns  And Uproots  The Bushes  Only For .,=:$£####
###£$:=,.. Them  To Grow  Back  Each  Night.  Their ..,=:$£###
##£$:=,... Leaves Are Teal, White  And Yellow, Some ...,=:$£##
#£$:=,.... Even The Color Of Wine. They  Have Lilac ....,=:$£#
£$:=,..... Flowers And In The  Morning They Are Wet .....,=:$£
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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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####£$:=,. Now He  Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And .,=:$£####
###£$:=,.. Falls Asleep As  Soon As  He Returns. We ..,=:$£###
##£$:=,... Are Left  To  Care For Us And  The House ...,=:$£##
#£$:=,.... And The Orchard. But It  Is Hard And  We ....,=:$£#
£$:=,..... Are   Distracted.   We   Are    Not   As .....,=:$£
$:=,...... Persistent  As Father  And Quickly  Fall ......,=:$
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