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¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ Decent Days Travel North From That ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ 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 ¨¨§§§§¨¨§§
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¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ 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 §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
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¨¨¨§§¨¨§§¨ 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 §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
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¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall §§§§§§§§§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ Behind In Our Duties. §§§§§§§§§¨
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