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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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