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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 ##£^^^:~~.
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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 #§:~~.....
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.~~:^§£### 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. ##§§§^:~~.
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.~~:^§£### 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 ###£§^:~~.
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