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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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