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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 #&£=;~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~;=£&## Behind In Our Duties. ##&£=;~^¨¨
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