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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 ,,,,,,,,»/
$/»,,,,,,, Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ,,,,,,,»/$
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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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$/»,,,,,,, Every Morning Our Father Clears The ,,,,,,,»/$
$$/»,,,,,, Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ,,,,,,»/$$
#$$/»,,,,, Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ,,,,,»/$$#
##$$/»,,,, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,,,,»/$$##
###$$/»,,, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ,,,»/$$###
####$$/»,, Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ,,»/$$####
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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 ,,,,,,,,»/
$/»,,,,,,, Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ,,,,,,,»/$
$$/»,,,,,, Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ,,,,,,»/$$
#$$/»,,,,, But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ,,,,,»/$$#
##$$/»,,,, Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ,,,,»/$$##
###$$/»,,, House He Suspects And Resents Our ,,,»/$$###
####$$/»,, Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ,,»/$$####
###$$/»,,, Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,,,»/$$###
##$$/»,,,, It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ,,,,»/$$##
#$$/»,,,,, Even In The Morning And Must ,,,,,»/$$#
$$/»,,,,,, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,,,,,,»/$$
$/»,,,,,,, Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ,,,,,,,»/$
/»,,,,,,,, We Will Carry It Out. ,,,,,,,,»/
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/»,,,,,,,, Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ,,,,,,,,»/
$/»,,,,,,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,,,,,,»/$
$$/»,,,,,, Are Left To Care For Us And The House ,,,,,,»/$$
#$$/»,,,,, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,,,,,»/$$#
##$$/»,,,, Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,,,,»/$$##
###$$/»,,, Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ,,,»/$$###
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