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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 ¨¨#¨##¨#¨#
¨##¨#¨#¨#¨ 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 ¨##¨¨#¨#¨#
¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ 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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