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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 ¨¨¨¨¨,~=%%
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#@#£%%=~,¨ Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ¨,~=%%£#@#
@#£%%=~,¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨,~=%%
%=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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