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####¤†=-.. Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ..-=†¤####
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##¤†=-.... 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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###¤†=-... 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 .....-=†¤#
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###¤†=-... 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 ......-=†¤
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