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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. ¤%*«.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.«*% %*«.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.«* 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. ¤¤%*«.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.«*%¤¤# #¤¤%*«.¨¨¨
¨¨.«*%¤¤## 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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