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###¤£†*=,¨ 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 ¨,=*†£¤###
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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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#£††***=,¨ 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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#¤†***,¨¨¨ 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 ¨,=*†£¤###
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#££†=¨¨¨¨¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨¨¨¨¨=†££#
###¤£†*=,¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨,=*†£¤###
###¤£†*=,¨ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨,=*†£¤###
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###¤£†*=,¨ 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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