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,,«**£¤£## 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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,,«**£¤£## 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 ##£¤£**«,,
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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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,,«**£¤£## 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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