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#@#£%$=«,, Large Bend Like A  Scooping  Hand And  A ,,«=$%£#@#
#@#£%$=«,, Decent   Days  Travel  North  From  That ,,«=$%£#@#
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###£%$=«,, Forgotten  Apple Orchard. Our  House  Is ,,«=$%£###
@#££%$=«,, Built Of  Dark  Clay And Abandoned  By A ,,«=$%££#@
@#£%$«««,, Stranger. The  Window Has No  Glass  But ,,«««$%£#@
@##£%$=«,, Instead Steel Bars  To Keep  The Animals ,,«=$%£##@
#@#£%$=«,,                   Out.                   ,,«=$%£#@#
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@££%%$=«,, Around  The  House  Is  A  Thick,  Thick ,,«=$%%££@
££%%%$=«,, Brush Of  Ferns  And Bushes.  There Live ,,«=$%%%££
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##££%$=«,, For They Speak  To Us  To Join  Them  In ,,«=$%££##
#@#£%$=«,, The Luscious Caves  Below  Ground.  They ,,«=$%£#@#
@#%%%$=«,, Mean  No Harm But It  Is Not In Our Best ,,«=$%%%#@
#@#£%$=«,, Interest  To  Do  So. There Is Important ,,«=$%£#@#
£££$=,,,,, Work That Needs To Be Done,  And It Cant ,,,,,=$£££
@##£%$=«,, Be  Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ,,«=$%£##@
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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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#@#£%$=«,, Father  Is  Away  During The  Day  Doing ,,«=$%£#@#
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@#£$=,,,,, When  He  Returns Home, Each Day More So ,,,,,=$£#@
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#@#£%$=«,, So That He Does Not Have  To. We Tend To ,,«=$%£#@#
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#@#£%$=«,, Suddenly The Dense Bushwork  Is Mirrored ,,«=$%£#@#
#@#£%$=«,, Inside.  Stems  And Leaves Appear  Close ,,«=$%£#@#
#@#£%$=«,, To The Walls  And Far From The Light. We ,,«=$%£#@#
#@#£%$=«,, Are Glad, For  The Flowers Are Beautiful ,,«=$%£#@#
###£%$=«,, And  Smell  Good,  And There  Is  Little ,,«=$%£###
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###£%$=«,, Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are ,,«=$%£###
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##%==«,,,, Beautiful!  We  Wait Just  Until  Father ,,,,«==%##
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#@#£%$=«,, Them. Sometimes An  Animal Will Sneak In ,,«=$%£#@#
#££%$$=«,, But We  Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ,,«=$$%££#
£$$=,,,,,, Cut  Flowers  Thrown Right  Outside  The ,,,,,,=$$£
#@#£%$=«,, House   He   Suspects  And  Resents  Our ,,«=$%£#@#
£%$=«,,,,, Inaction.   But  He   Doesn'T  Have  The ,,,,,«=$%£
@@#£%$=«,, Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens  Quickly. ,,«=$%£#@@
##@#£$=«,, It  Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ,,«=$£#@##
##@£%$=«,, Even   In   The    Morning   And    Must ,,«=$%£@##
@@#£%$=«,,    Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed    ,,«=$%£#@@
#££$=,,,,, Cutting To Us As Well,  Untrusting  That ,,,,,=$££#
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#@#£%$=«,, Now He Leaves As Soon  As He'S Awake And ,,«=$%£#@#
##£%%$=«,, Falls Asleep  As Soon As He  Returns. We ,,«=$%%£##
###£%$=«,, Are Left  To  Care For  Us And The House ,,«=$%£###
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£%%%===«,, Are   Distracted.   We   Are   Not    As ,,«===%%%£
#@#£%$=«,, Persistent As  Father  And  Quickly Fall ,,«=$%£#@#
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