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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 ¨~~^%&¶###
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#¶%%^~¨¨¨¨ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¨¨¨¨~^%%¶#
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¶&%%^~¨¨¨¨ 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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#¶¶&%%^~~¨ 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 ¨~~^%%%%&&
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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 ¨¨¨¨~~%&¶#
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##¶&%%^~~¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨~~^%%&¶##
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