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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 @¶%\\\^¨¨¨
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¨^~\%%¤¶@@ 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 ¤%~^^¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~%¤ 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 ¤%%%\^¨¨¨¨
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