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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 $†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~† Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But †~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~† The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They †~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†$ 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 ££$†~:¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨:~†$££# 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 ##££$†~:¨¨
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¨¨:~†$££## 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 $†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~† Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So †~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: House He Suspects And Resents Our :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~† Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. †~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†$ 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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