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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 .,,,««%%££
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#£%««««... 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 ....««%£##
####*%/«,. 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 .,«/%*£###
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