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####£§=«,¨ Large Bend  Like A Scooping  Hand  And A ¨,«=§£####
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####£§=«,¨ Stands Our  House  In  The  Middle  Of A ¨,«=§£####
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##§«,¨¨¨¨¨ Built  Of Dark  Clay  And Abandoned By A ¨¨¨¨¨,«§##
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####£§=«,¨ 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 ¨,«=§#####
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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 ¨,«=§£####
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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 ¨,«=§£####
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####£§=«,¨ 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 ¨,«=§£####
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####£§=«,¨    Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed    ¨,«=§£####
##£££§=«,¨ Cutting To  Us  As Well, Untrusting That ¨,«=§£££##
####£§=«,¨          We Will Carry It Out.           ¨,«=§£####
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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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