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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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¨,~=$$§@## Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ##@§$$=~,¨
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¨,~=$§@### The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ###@§$=~,¨
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¨,~=$$§@## The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ##@§$$=~,¨
¨,~=$§@### Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ###@§$=~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~$§ Interest To Do So. There Is Important §$~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~$§ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant §$~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~=$$§@## Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ##@§$$=~,¨
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¨,~=$$§@## Every Morning Our Father Clears The ##@§$$=~,¨
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¨¨¨¨~~~~$§ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some §$~~~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=$$§# Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac #§$$=~¨¨¨¨
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¨,~=$$§@## With Dew. ##@§$$=~,¨
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¨¨¨¨,,=$§# Father Is Away During The Day Doing #§$=,,¨¨¨¨
¨,~=$$§@## Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ##@§$$=~,¨
¨,~=$$§@## When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ##@§$$=~,¨
¨¨¨¨,,=$§§ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him §§$=,,¨¨¨¨
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¨,~=$$§@## To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ##@§$$=~,¨
¨,~=$$§@@# Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful #@@§$$=~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=$@@ And Smell Good, And There Is Little @@$=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~$$$$@ Decoration In Our House. But When @$$$$~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=$@# Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts #@$=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,,=$§§ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are §§$=,,¨¨¨¨
¨,~=$$§@## Scared Of Him Then. ##@§$$=~,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~$§§@ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father @§§$~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~====$@ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy @$====~¨¨¨
¨,~=$$§@@# 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 @§$$~~,,¨¨
¨,~=$$$$@# Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That #@$$$$=~,¨
¨¨¨~~~~=$@ We Will Carry It Out. @$=~~~~¨¨¨
¨,~=$$§@@# #@@§$$=~,¨
¨¨¨¨~~~$$§ 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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