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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. §%:-^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:% %:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-: 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. %:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^-:%§ §%:-^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^-:%§@ 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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