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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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