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¨,»\=¤#¶## 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 #¶#¤=\»,¨¨
¨,»\=¤#¶## With Dew. ##¶#¤=\»,¨
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¨¨¨¨,»\=¤# 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 ¶#¤=\»,¨¨¨
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¨,»\=¤#¶## 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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