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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 ¨¨¨-«=*£#£
#£#£*=«-¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨-«=*£#
£*=«-¨¨¨¨¨ 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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