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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 ,^~^=£##@#
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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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