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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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###*§†~:.. 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 ..:~†§*###
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###*§†~:.. 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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####*§†~:. Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored .:~†§*####
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##*§†~:... 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 ..:~†§*###
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###*§†~:.. House He Suspects And Resents Our ..:~†§*###
##*§†~:... Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ...:~†§*##
###*§†~:.. Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ..:~†§*###
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##*§†~:... Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ...:~†§*##
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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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