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#££%§;~:,, Decent Days Travel North From That ,,:~;§%££#
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£%§;~:,,,, Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ,,,,:~;§%£
££%§;~:,,, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,,,:~;§%££
#££%§;~:,, Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ,,:~;§%££#
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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 ,,:~;§%££#
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£%§;~:,,,, 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 ,:~;§%££##
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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 ,,:~;§%££#
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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 ,,:~;§%££#
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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 ,,:~;§%££#
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#££%§;~:,, 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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#££%§;~:,, 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 ,,:~;§%££#
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