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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 §§§¨¨¨¨§§¨
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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 ¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨§
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§§§¨§§§¨§¨ 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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