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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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##£§¤§†«,¨ 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 ¨¨¨,,††§§#
###§¤§†«,¨ 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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