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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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