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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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