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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.) #¤**====,¨
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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. ##@¤&*==,¨
¨¨¨,=*&¤¤# #¤¤&*=,¨¨¨
¨,==*&¤@## 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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