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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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###§«,,,,, 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 ,,«=§£#@##
####£§=«,,               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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@##§«,,,,, 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 ,,«=§£#@##
####£§=«,,          Behind In Our Duties.           ,,«=§£####
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