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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 ¨~»\*¤§###
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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 ¨¨~»\*¤§##
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#§¤*\»~¨¨¨ Every Morning Our Father Clears The ¨¨¨~»\*¤§#
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#§¤*\»~¨¨¨ 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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###§¤*\»~¨ 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 ¨¨¨~»\*¤§#
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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 ¨~»\*¤§###
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§¤*\»~¨¨¨¨ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨¨¨¨~»\*¤§
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##§¤*\»~¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨~»\*¤§#
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#§¤*\»~¨¨¨ 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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