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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 §;~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~; 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 ;~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ 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 £§;~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~;§£& Are Distracted. We Are Not As &£§;~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~;§£&# Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall #&£§;~^¨¨¨
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