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¨.~=†&¤£## Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ##£¤&†=~.¨
¨.~=†&¤£## 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 ##£¤&†=~.¨
¨.~=†&¤£## Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ##£¤&†=~.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨.=&¤ 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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¨¨¨¨~=††¤£ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary £¤††=~¨¨¨¨
¨.~=†&¤£## When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ##£¤&†=~.¨
¨.~=†&¤£## Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ##£¤&†=~.¨
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¨.~=†&¤£## Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ##£¤&†=~.¨
¨.~=†&¤¤¤£ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We £¤¤¤&†=~.¨
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¨.~=†&¤### 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 £¤¤†~~~.¨¨
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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 ##£¤&†=~.¨
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¨.~=†&¤£## Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ##£¤&†=~.¨
¨.~=†&¤### Behind In Our Duties. ###¤&†=~.¨
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