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