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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 .~-†£&£###
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###£&£†-~. 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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##£&£†-~.. 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 ..~-†£&£##
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##£&£†-~.. 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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##£&£†-~.. 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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##£&£†-~.. 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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