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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 ,£,,,,£,,£
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