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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 §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
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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 ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨ Are Distracted. We Are Not As ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ Behind In Our Duties. §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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