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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 ¨,~†%£¤¶##
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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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