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&^=:::,,,, 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 ,:~=^%&¶##
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##¶&%^=~:, Every Morning Our Father Clears The ,:~=^%&¶##
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##¶&%^=~:, 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 ,,,,,~^^%&
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##¶&%^=~:, 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 ,:~==^%%¶#
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##¶&%^=~:, 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 ,:~=^%&¶¶#
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##¶&%^=~:, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,:~=^%&¶##
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###¶%^=~:, 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 ,:~=^%&¶##
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