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##@@§%:=:. Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A .:=:%§@@##
@&%==:.... Decent Days Travel North From That ....:==%&@
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@&:::..... Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is .....:::&@
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@§%=:::... Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ...:::=%§@
§%::::.... Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ....::::%§
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§§&&%%:=:. The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, .:=:%%&&§§
§§§%=..... For They Speak To Us To Join Them In .....=%§§§
#@@§&%:=:. The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They .:=:%&§@@#
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#@@§&%:=:. Interest To Do So. There Is Important .:=:%&§@@#
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§§%::..... Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) .....::%§§
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@§&::..... Every Morning Our Father Clears The .....::&§@
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#@@§&%:=:. Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some .:=:%&§@@#
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#@@§&%:=:. 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 .:=:%&§@@@
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@&&::..... Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful .....::&&@
§&&::::... And Smell Good, And There Is Little ...::::&&§
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#@@§&%:=:. Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts .:=:%&§@@#
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§§§%:=.... Scared Of Him Then. ....=:%§§§
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@@§%=..... Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father .....=%§@@
@@&::..... Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy .....::&@@
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#@@§&%:=:. Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The .:=:%&§@@#
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#@@§&%:=:. And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We .:=:%&§@@#
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