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¨¨¨###¨¨#¨ 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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¨¨¨¨###¨¨# 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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#¨¨#¨¨¨#¨¨ Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ¨#¨##¨¨¨##
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###¨¨#¨¨¨# Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ¨¨¨#¨##¨¨¨
#¨##¨¨#¨¨¨ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet #¨¨¨¨###¨¨
¨¨###¨¨#¨¨ With Dew. ¨#¨¨¨#¨##¨
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¨##¨¨¨###¨ 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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¨#¨¨¨#¨##¨ 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 ##¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
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¨#¨¨¨#¨¨#¨ 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 ¨¨¨###¨¨#¨
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¨¨###¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨###¨¨#
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