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.^»*^%¤¶## 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 ##¶¤%^*»^.
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.^»*^%¤¶## 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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.^»*^%¤¶## 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 ##¶¤%^*»^.
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..^^^***^¤ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¤^***^^^..
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.^»*^%¤¶## Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ##¶¤%^*»^.
.^»*^%¤¶¶# To The Walls And Far From The Light. We #¶¶¤%^*»^.
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.....»*%¤¶ 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 #¤^^»»^...
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.^»*^%¤¶## 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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.^»*^^^¤¶¶ Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ¶¶¤^^^*»^.
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.^»*^%¤¶## Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ##¶¤%^*»^.
...^**^¤¤¤ Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ¤¤¤^**^...
.....^»^¤¤ We Will Carry It Out. ¤¤^»^.....
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...^»»*^^¤ 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 ##¶¤%^*»^.
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