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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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