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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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£$$*=~,,,, Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ,,,,~=*$$£
££$$*=~,,, Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ,,,~=*$$££
#££$$*=~,, The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ,,~=*$$££#
##££$$*=~, For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ,~=*$$££##
#££$$*=~,, The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ,,~=*$$££#
££$$*=~,,, Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,,,~=*$$££
£$$*=~,,,, Interest To Do So. There Is Important ,,,,~=*$$£
$$*=~,,,,, Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ,,,,,~=*$$
£$$*=~,,,, Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ,,,,~=*$$£
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#££$$*=~,, Every Morning Our Father Clears The ,,~=*$$££#
##££$$*=~, Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ,~=*$$££##
#££$$*=~,, Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ,,~=*$$££#
££$$*=~,,, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,,,~=*$$££
£$$*=~,,,, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,,,,~=*$$£
$$*=~,,,,, Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ,,,,,~=*$$
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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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££$$*=~,,, Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ,,,~=*$$££
#££$$*=~,, Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ,,~=*$$££#
##££$$*=~, To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ,~=*$$££##
#££$$*=~,, Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ,,~=*$$££#
££$$*=~,,, And Smell Good, And There Is Little ,,,~=*$$££
£$$*=~,,,, Decoration In Our House. But When ,,,,~=*$$£
$$*=~,,,,, Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ,,,,,~=*$$
£$$*=~,,,, Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ,,,,~=*$$£
££$$*=~,,, Scared Of Him Then. ,,,~=*$$££
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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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