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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 ,,,~~-*¤¤¤
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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 ,~-/*£¤@@@
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¤¤£££*/-~, 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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##@¤£*/-~, 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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