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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=\*
£*\=,¨¨¨¨¨ 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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