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¨¨¨-†††^§§ Stands Our House In The Middle Of A §§^†††-¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨-»†%# Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A #%†»-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨»^%§ Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But §%^»¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨»†^§ 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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¨¨¨-»^%§#@ 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 #@#§%^†»-¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨»^§ Scared Of Him Then. §^»¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨-†^%§#@## Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ##@#§%^†-¨
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¨-»†^%§#@@ 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 #§§§%^†»-¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨»†^§ Are Left To Care For Us And The House §^†»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨-»†^%§#@@ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We @@#§%^†»-¨
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