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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 £§§/......
.....//§$£ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A £$§//.....
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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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..-§$£#@## Father Is Away During The Day Doing ##@#£$§-..
......./$£ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary £$/.......
..-/§$££## When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ##££$§/-..
..-/§$£#@@ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him @@#£$§/-..
......-§$# So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To #$§-......
..-/§$£#@# His Clothes. #@#£$§/-..
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....../$$# Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close #$$/......
..-/§§§$$£ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We £$$§§§/-..
..-/§$££££ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ££££$§/-..
....../$#@ And Smell Good, And There Is Little @#$/......
..-/§$£### Decoration In Our House. But When ###£$§/-..
..-/§$£#@# Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts #@#£$§/-..
..-/§$£#@# Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are #@#£$§/-..
..-/§$£#@# Scared Of Him Then. #@#£$§/-..
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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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...../§$£# Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We #£$§/.....
..-/§$£### Are Left To Care For Us And The House ###£$§/-..
..-/§$#@## And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ##@#$§/-..
..-/§$£@## Are Distracted. We Are Not As ##@£$§/-..
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