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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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¨¨~«\%¤§£# 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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¨¨~«\%¤§£# 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 #£§¤%\«~¨¨
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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 #£§¤%\«~¨¨
¨~«\%¤§£## 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 £§¤%\«~¨¨¨
¨¨~«\%¤§£#          Behind In Our Duties.           #£§¤%\«~¨¨
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