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¨¨¨¨¨.«^§% Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A %§^«.¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨.«^§%§£ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A £§%§^«.¨¨¨
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¨¨.«^§%§£# 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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¨.«^§%§£## 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 %§^«.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.«^§ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall §^«.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.«^ Behind In Our Duties. ^«.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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