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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»;
»:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
»:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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