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¨¨¨¨¨¨:~== Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ==~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ 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 #@==~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~==@#@ Out. @#@==~:¨¨¨
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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 =~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~= 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 =~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~== 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 =~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ##@#@==~:¨
¨¨:~==@#@# Behind In Our Duties. #@#@==~:¨¨
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