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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 §¨¨§§§¨§§¨
¨§¨§§§§§¨§ 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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¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨§ 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 ¨§§§¨§¨§§§
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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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