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#@#¤£%*=,, Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ,,=*%£¤#@#
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¤£%%%=,,,, 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 ,,,,,*%£¤#
#@#¤£%*=,, 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 ,,,,==%££#
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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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