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¨¨:»\*£§## Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ##§£*\»:¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»\ 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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¨¨¨:»\*£§# When He Returns Home, Each Day More So #§£*\»:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:»\*£§ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him §£*\»:¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨:»\* His Clothes. *\»:¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:» Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored »:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:» We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any »:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»\ Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So \»:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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