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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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