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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 ##£@§%\-,.
.,-\%§@£## 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.) ##£@§%\-,.
.,-\%§@£## ##£@§%\-,.
.....-\%§@ 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 @@§§§%\-,.
.,-\%§@£## 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 ##£@§%\-,.
.....--\§£ His Clothes. £§\--.....
.,-\%§@£## ##£@§%\-,.
.,-\%§@£## 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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