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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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