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¨,-*†£&#@# The River That'S Our River Makes A #@#&£†*-,¨
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¨,-*†£&#@# 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 #&&&£†*-,¨
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¨¨¨,--*££& 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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