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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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