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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 §¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ Out. §§¨¨§¨¨§¨§
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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 §¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§¨§ 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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§§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨§§§¨§¨§§
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