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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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..::~†††$§ Father  Is  Away  During  The  Day Doing §$†††~::..
.~†^$§¶### Important Things Elsewhere.  He Is Weary ###¶§$^†~.
.:~†^$§### When He Returns Home,  Each Day More  So ###§$^†~:.
...:~~†$¶# Than The Next. We  Learn To Cook For Him #¶$†~~:...
....~^$§¶¶ So That He Does Not Have  To. We Tend To ¶¶§$^~....
.....~^^§¶               His Clothes.               ¶§^^~.....
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.:~†^$§¶## Suddenly  The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ##¶§$^†~:.
.:~†$§¶### Inside. Stems  And  Leaves Appear  Close ###¶§$†~:.
.:~†^$§¶## To The Walls And Far From  The Light. We ##¶§$^†~:.
.:~†^$§§§¶ Are Glad, For The  Flowers Are Beautiful ¶§§§$^†~:.
.:~†^$¶### And  Smell  Good,  And  There  Is Little ###¶$^†~:.
..:~~~~^$§ Decoration  In   Our   House.  But  When §$^~~~~:..
.:~†^$§¶## Father Comes  Home He Is  Angry And Cuts ##¶§$^†~:.
.:~††^$§§# Them  All  Down  In  A  Frenzy.  We  Are #§§$^††~:.
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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 #§^†:::...
.:~†^$§¶## But We  Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ##¶§$^†~:.
.::~~~~†$¶ Cut  Flowers  Thrown  Right Outside  The ¶$†~~~~::.
.:~†^$§¶## House  He  Suspects  And   Resents   Our ##¶§$^†~:.
.:~†^$§¶## Inaction.  But  He  Doesn'T   Have   The ##¶§$^†~:.
.:~†^$§¶## Energy To Scold  Us. He Weakens Quickly. ##¶§$^†~:.
.:~†^$¶### It  Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ###¶$^†~:.
.:~†^$§¶¶¶ Even   In   The   Morning    And    Must ¶¶¶§$^†~:.
....:†$§§§    Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed    §§§$†:....
.:~†^$§¶¶# Cutting To Us As  Well, Untrusting  That #¶¶§$^†~:.
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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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