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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 ,.~;%*£¶##
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£*%;;.,,,, 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 ,.~;%%%££#
£*;~,,,,,, 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 ,.~;%%%£££
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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 ,.~;%*£¶##
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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 ,.~;%*£¶##
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##¶£*%;~., Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,.~;%*£¶##
¶¶££*%;~., Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,.~;%*££¶¶
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##¶£*%;~., Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,.~;%*£¶##
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###£*%;~., And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,.~;%*£###
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##¶£*%;~., Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ,.~;%*£¶##
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