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####$*;-^¨ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ¨^-;*$####
####@*;-^¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨^-;*@####
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##@$*;;-^¨ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ¨^-;;*$@##
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###@$*;-^¨ Out. ¨^-;*$@###
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###@$*;-^¨ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ¨^-;*$@###
##$;;;-¨¨¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨¨¨-;;;$##
##@$;^^¨¨¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨¨¨^^;$@##
###@$*;-^¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨^-;*$@###
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###@$*;-^¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨^-;*$@###
###@$*;-^¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨^-;*$@###
###@$*;-^¨ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ¨^-;*$@###
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#@*-¨¨¨¨¨¨ Every Morning Our Father Clears The ¨¨¨¨¨¨-*@#
###@$*;-^¨ Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ¨^-;*$@###
#@*-^^¨¨¨¨ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨¨¨¨^^-*@#
###@$*;-^¨ Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ¨^-;*$@###
#$*;-^¨¨¨¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨¨¨¨^-;*$#
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#@*-^^¨¨¨¨ 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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###@$*;-^¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨^-;*$@###
#@****;-^¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨^-;****@#
###@$*;-^¨ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨^-;*$@###
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#$*-^¨¨¨¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨¨¨¨^-*$#
###@$*;-^¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨^-;*$@###
###@$*;-^¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨^-;*$@###
###@$*;-^¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨^-;*$@###
####@*;-^¨ It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ¨^-;*@####
####$*;-^¨ Even In The Morning And Must ¨^-;*$####
@*;-^^¨¨¨¨ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ¨¨¨¨^^-;*@
###@$*;-^¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¨^-;*$@###
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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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