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¨,-:^£&#@# 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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¨,-:^£&#@# 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 ##@&£^:-,¨
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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 &&^:--,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,,-:^&& 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 @#&&£^:-,¨
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¨,-:^£&#@# 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 #@#&£^:-,¨
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¨¨¨,,,:^&@ Are Left To Care For Us And The House @&^:,,,¨¨¨
¨,-:^£&#@# And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We #@#&£^:-,¨
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