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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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