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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 ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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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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¨§§¨¨§¨§¨§ 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 ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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