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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨^/£&
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##¶&£§/~^¨ For  They  Speak To Us To  Join Them  In ¨^~/§£&¶##
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##¶&£§/~^¨ 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 ¨^~/§£&¶##
#&§/^^¨¨¨¨ Ferns  And  Uproots  The Bushes Only For ¨¨¨¨^^/§&#
&§/^¨¨¨¨¨¨ Them To  Grow  Back  Each  Night.  Their ¨¨¨¨¨¨^/§&
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&§§§~^^¨¨¨ 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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¶&&£§~^¨¨¨ Inside. Stems  And  Leaves  Appear Close ¨¨¨^~§£&&¶
&§~~^¨¨¨¨¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light.  We ¨¨¨¨¨^~~§&
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#&§~^^¨¨¨¨ 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.           ¨^~/§£&¶¶¶
##¶&£§/~^¨                                          ¨^~/§£&¶##
¶£§§~~^¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨^/££&
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&&&&£§/~^¨ 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 ¨¨¨^~§§&&#
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&&§§~~¨¨¨¨           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 ¨^~/§£&¶¶#
&£/~¨¨¨¨¨¨ Are   Distracted.    We   Are   Not   As ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/£&
&£££/~¨¨¨¨ Persistent  As Father  And Quickly  Fall ¨¨¨¨~/£££&
###¶&§/~^¨          Behind In Our Duties.           ¨^~/§&¶###
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