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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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