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¨:»:$@@@## Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ##@@@$:»:¨
¨¨:»:$@@@# Decent Days Travel North From That #@@@$:»:¨¨
¨¨¨:»:$@@@ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A @@@$:»:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:»:$@@ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is @@$:»:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:»:$@ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A @$:»:¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨:»:$@ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals @$:»:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:»:$@@ Out. @@$:»:¨¨¨¨
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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 #@@@$:»:¨¨
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¨¨:»:$@@@# 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 @$:»:¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨:»:$@@ 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. @@@$:»:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨:»:$@ 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. @@@$:»:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨:»:$@ 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 @@$:»:¨¨¨¨
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