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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 ¨#¨#¨¨#¨#¨
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