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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 ¤£%†~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~†%£¤¶               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 #¶¤£%†~,¨¨
¨,~†%£¤¶##           Behind In Our Duties.          ##¶¤£%†~,¨
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