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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 ¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
§§§§§¨§¨¨¨ Out. ¨§§¨§§¨§§¨
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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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