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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 §%§\«,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,«\§%§@# Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live #@§%§\«,¨¨
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¨¨,«\§%§@# 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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¨¨,«\§%§@# Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For #@§%§\«,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,«\§%§ 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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¨¨,«\§%§@# 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 #@§%§\«,¨¨
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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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¨¨,«\§%§@# 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 @§%§\«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«\§%§@# Behind In Our Duties. #@§%§\«,¨¨
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