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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.) ¨¨,=\§@¤£#
£¤@§\=,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,=\§@¤£
¤@§\=,¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=\
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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