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¨-»:§§## The River That'S Our River Makes A ###&§§:»-¨
¨-»:§§## 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 ###&§§:»-¨
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¨¨¨¨¨»§§ Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet #&§§»¨¨¨¨¨
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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 #&§:--¨¨¨¨
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¨-»:§§## 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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¨-»»:§§§§# Are Left To Care For Us And The House #§§§§:»»-¨
¨-»:§§§& And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We #&&§§§:»-¨
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