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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 §§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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¨§§§¨§§¨¨¨ 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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¨§§¨§§¨§¨¨ 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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§§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨ 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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