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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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