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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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