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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 ¨¨,~†^££##
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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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