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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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¨¨¨¨:«^=$£ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, £$=^«:¨¨¨¨
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¨:«^=$£### Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ###£$=^«:¨
¨¨:«^=$£## Interest To Do So. There Is Important ##£$=^«:¨¨
¨¨¨:«^=$£# Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant #£$=^«:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«^=$£ Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) £$=^«:¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«^ 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 $=^«:¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨:«^=$£# To The Walls And Far From The Light. We #£$=^«:¨¨¨
¨¨:«^=$£## Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ##£$=^«:¨¨
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¨¨:«^=$£## Decoration In Our House. But When ##£$=^«:¨¨
¨¨¨:«^=$£# Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts #£$=^«:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨:«^=$ Scared Of Him Then. $=^«:¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«^ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ^«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:« Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ House He Suspects And Resents Our ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:« Even In The Morning And Must «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«^ Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ^«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨:«^=$ We Will Carry It Out. $=^«:¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨:«^=$£## And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ##£$=^«:¨¨
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