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#%§*=:¨¨¨¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨¨¨:=*§%#
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#@#%§*=:¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨:=*§%#@
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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 ¨¨:=*§%#@#
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#%§*=:¨¨¨¨ 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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=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#%§*=:¨¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨¨¨¨:=*§%#
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