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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.) ##§$^/~,¨¨
¨,~/^$§### ###§$^/~,¨
¨¨,~/^$§## 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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