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.,=:†@¶@## 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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.,=:†*¶@## 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 @@@†:::=,.
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.,=:†*@¶## Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ##¶@*†:=,.
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.,=:†*@¶@# Every Morning Our Father Clears The #@¶@*†:=,.
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.,=:†*@¶@# 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 @¶@@*†:=,.
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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 ¶¶*†::=...
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.,=:†*¶@## 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 #@¶@*†:=,.
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.,=:†*@¶## House He Suspects And Resents Our ##¶@*†:=,.
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.,=†*@¶@## 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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