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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. #§§\-,....
...,-\§§## ##§§\-,...
..,-\§§### 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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