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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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