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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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£¤£*=«,,,, 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 ,,,,,«=*£¤
£¤£*=«,,,, 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 ,,,«=*£¤£#
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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 ,,,,«=*£¤£
#£¤£*=«,,, 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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