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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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