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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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#*\\--.... Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ....--\\*#
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#¤¤*««.... 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 .-«\*¤#@##
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@@#*««.... 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 .-«\*¤#@@#
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#@@#¤*\«-. Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored .-«\*¤#@@#
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#@@#¤*\«-. 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 ......«\¤@
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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 .-«\*¤#@@#
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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 .....-\*#@
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