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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
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¨§§§¨§¨¨§¨ 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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¨§¨§¨§§¨¨§ 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 §§¨¨§¨§§§¨
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¨¨§§§§§§§§ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§§¨¨ Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
§§§§§§¨§¨§ 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 ¨¨¨§§§¨§¨§
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§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨ Are Left To Care For Us And The House ¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨¨
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§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§ Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ¨§¨§§¨¨§§§
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