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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 ¨^~^*%£¶##
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¶%%^^^^¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨^~^^%¶
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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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