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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 ¨¨-=*%£@@@
@@£%*=-¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨-=*%£@
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