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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 ¨¨¨¨:=%£¤#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=%
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¤£%=:¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=%
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¤£%=:¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨:=%£¤#
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£%=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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