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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. @%%-:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:-;%&& &&%;-:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:--%&@ 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. ##@&%%;-:¨
¨:-;%%&&&& &&&&%%;-:¨
¨¨¨¨¨-;%%@ 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. &%%%-:¨¨¨¨
¨:-;%%&@## ##@&%%;-:¨
¨¨¨::;%%&& 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. ##@&%%;-:¨
¨:-;%%&@## ##@&%%;-:¨
¨:-;%%&@## 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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