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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 @@%^;-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-;^%@@@ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) @@@%^;-,¨¨
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¨¨,-;^%@@@ Every Morning Our Father Clears The @@@%^;-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-;^%@@ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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