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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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§¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ 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 §¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ 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 §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
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§¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ 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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§¨§¨§¨§§¨§ 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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