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¨~~;*£&@## Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ##@&£*;~~¨
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¨~~;*£&### Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But ###&£*;~~¨
¨~~;*£&@## Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ##@&£*;~~¨
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¨~~;*£&@## 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 @@£***;~~¨
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¨~~;*£&@## 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 @££££*;~~¨
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¨~~;*£&@## With Dew. ##@&£*;~~¨
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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 ##@&£*;~~¨
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¨~~;*£&@## To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ##@&£*;~~¨
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¨¨¨¨~~;;*& 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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¨~~;*£&@## But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ##@&£*;~~¨
¨~~;*£&&&& Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The &&&&£*;~~¨
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¨~~;*£&@## 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 &**~~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨~~;*£&@## 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 ##@&£*;~~¨
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¨~~;*£&@## Behind In Our Duties. ##@&£*;~~¨
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