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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 ¨¨-«=%%£@#
##@£%%=«-¨ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ¨-«=%%£@##
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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 ¨¨-«=%%£@#
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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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#@£%%=«-¨¨ 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 ¨¨-«=%%£@#
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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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##@£%%=«-¨ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¨-«=%%£@##
#@£%%=«-¨¨ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¨¨-«=%%£@#
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#@£%%=«-¨¨ 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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#@£%%=«-¨¨ 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 ¨¨-«=%%£@#
##@£%%=«-¨ Behind In Our Duties. ¨-«=%%£@##
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