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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 ####£*\»^.
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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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^»\*£##### 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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.^»\*£#### 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 ##*\»^^...
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.^»\*£#### Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ####£*\»^.
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