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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 /~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ 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 #¶££%/~~¨¨
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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