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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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###£$^†«,¨ Brush Of Ferns  And  Bushes.  There Live ¨,«†^$£###
###£$^†«,¨ The Animals That We  Fight To Keep Away, ¨,«†^$£###
###£$^†«,¨ For They Speak  To  Us To  Join Them  In ¨,«†^$£###
###£$^†«,¨ The Luscious  Caves  Below  Ground. They ¨,«†^$£###
###£$^†«,¨ Mean No  Harm But It Is  Not In Our Best ¨,«†^$£###
#£^«¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##££$^†«,¨ Even The Color  Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨,«†^$££##
###£$^†«,¨ Flowers And  In The Morning They Are Wet ¨,«†^$£###
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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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####$^†«,¨ Suddenly  The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¨,«†^$####
###£$^†«,¨ Inside.  Stems And  Leaves  Appear Close ¨,«†^$£###
###£$^†«,¨ To  The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨,«†^$£###
####£$†«,¨ Are Glad,  For The Flowers Are Beautiful ¨,«†$£####
###£$^†«,¨ And  Smell  Good, And  There  Is  Little ¨,«†^$£###
###£$^†«,¨ Decoration  In  Our   House.  But   When ¨,«†^$£###
£$^^^«,,,¨ Father Comes  Home He Is  Angry And Cuts ¨,,,«^^^$£
###£$^†«,¨ Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are ¨,«†^$£###
###£$^†«,¨            Scared Of Him Then.           ¨,«†^$£###
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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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