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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 ,,,,,†^^^£
£$$^†,,,,, Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,,,,,†^$$£
#@@£$^†=,, Interest To Do So. There Is Important ,,=†^$£@@#
£$††,,,,,, Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ,,,,,,††$£
£^†††††=,, 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 ,,,,†^^^^£
£$^†,,,,,, Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ,,,,,,†^$£
##@£$^†=,, Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ,,=†^$£@##
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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 ,,=†^£@@##
#@@£$^†=,, Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,,=†^$£@@#
@@$†,,,,,, It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ,,,,,,†$@@
@$^†=,,,,, Even In The Morning And Must ,,,,,=†^$@
#@@£$^†=,, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,,=†^$£@@#
@@@£$^†=,, Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,,=†^$£@@@
@@£$†,,,,, We Will Carry It Out. ,,,,,†$£@@
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£££$$^†=,, Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ,,=†^$$£££
£$$$†=,,,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,,,=†$$$£
@@@£$^†=,, Are Left To Care For Us And The House ,,=†^$£@@@
#@@£$^†=,, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,,=†^$£@@#
##@£$^†=,, Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,,=†^$£@##
##@£$^†=,, Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ,,=†^$£@##
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