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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. ¤¤....¤.¤.
¤..¤¤¤¤... .¤...¤¤¤¤¤
¤.¤...¤..¤ 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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