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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 -,........
.......,-† 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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.......,-† 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 #¶£*^†-,..
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