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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. /-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-/% %/-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-/%@ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨,-/% %/-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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