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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 ¨,«\=%§@@@
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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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#@@§%=\«,¨ 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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#@@§%=\«,¨ 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 ¨,,,«««=§§
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##@§%=\«,¨ 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 ¨,«\=%§@@#
@@@§%=\«,¨ 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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