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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 §§¨§¨¨§¨§§
¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§ Behind In Our Duties. ¨§¨§¨§§¨¨§
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