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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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