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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 @#&&§%*=^¨
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¨^=*%§&##@ Around The House Is A Thick, Thick @##&§%*=^¨
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¨^=*%§&### 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 ##@#§%*=^¨
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¨¨¨¨^^*§## Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ##§*^^¨¨¨¨
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¨^=*%§&#@# 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 #&§%=^¨¨¨¨
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¨^=*%§&##@ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To @##&§%*=^¨
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¨^=*%§&#@# 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 #@#&§%*=^¨
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¨^=*§&#@## Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ##@#&§*=^¨
¨^=*%§&#@# Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In #@#&§%*=^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^=%&@ 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 #§§*==^^^¨
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¨^=*%§&&#@ 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 ##@&§%*=^¨
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