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¨¨¨~~*$%¤# Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A #¤%$*~~¨¨¨
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¨-~*$¤#### Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ####¤$*~-¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~$¤¤ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¤¤$~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨-~*$%¤### Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### Out. ###¤%$*~-¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~$$¤ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¤$$~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 #¤¤%*-¨¨¨¨
¨-~*$%¤### Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%#### Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ####%$*~-¨
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¨-~*$%¤### Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$¤#### Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ####¤$*~-¨
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¨¨¨¨¨-*$$¤ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ¤$$*-¨¨¨¨¨
¨-~*$%¤### With Dew. ###¤%$*~-¨
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¨-~*$%¤### Father Is Away During The Day Doing ###¤%$*~-¨
¨¨¨¨~*%%¤# Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary #¤%%*~¨¨¨¨
¨-~**$$¤¤# When He Returns Home, Each Day More So #¤¤$$**~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### His Clothes. ###¤%$*~-¨
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¨¨¨-*$%%¤# Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close #¤%%$*-¨¨¨
¨-~*$%¤### To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤¤¤¤ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ¤¤¤¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### And Smell Good, And There Is Little ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### Decoration In Our House. But When ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤¤## Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ##¤¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%%%## Scared Of Him Then. ##%%%$*~-¨
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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 ¤¤%*~-¨¨¨¨
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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 ¤%**~-¨¨¨¨
¨-~*$%¤### Are Left To Care For Us And The House ###¤%$*~-¨
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¨-~*$%¤### Are Distracted. We Are Not As ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ###¤%$*~-¨
¨-~*$%¤### Behind In Our Duties. ###¤%$*~-¨
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