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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«†#
####£†/«,¨ 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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