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¶@\^¨¨¨¨¨¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨¨¨¨¨^\@¶
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##@&@*\~^¨ Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ¨^~\*@&@##
¶@\\\\~¨¨¨ Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ¨¨¨~\\\\@¶
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#@¶&@*\~^¨ Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ¨^~\*@&¶@#
¶&@\~^¨¨¨¨ The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ¨¨¨¨^~\@&¶
@¶@*~^¨¨¨¨ For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ¨¨¨¨^~*@¶@
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¶&&*~^^^¨¨ Interest To Do So. There Is Important ¨¨^^^~*&&¶
##@¶@*\~^¨ Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ¨^~\*@¶@##
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#@¶&@*\~^¨ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨^~\*@&¶@#
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##¶&@*\~^¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨^~\*@&¶##
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&*\\^¨¨¨¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨¨¨¨^\\*&
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨^\\@&
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#@¶&@*\~^¨ We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ¨^~\*@&¶@#
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##¶&@*\~^¨ Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ¨^~\*@&¶##
##@¶&@*~^¨ Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ¨^~*@&¶@##
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@¶&**~¨¨¨¨ But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh ¨¨¨¨~**&¶@
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@¶¶&@*\~^¨ 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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##@&@*\~^¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨^~\*@&@##
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