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¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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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 ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ 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 ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
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¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That §¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§ We Will Carry It Out. §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
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¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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