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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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¨,~^*§@£@# 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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¨,~^*§@£@# 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 @@£@§*^~,¨
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¨,~^*§@£@# 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 #@£@§*^~,¨
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