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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-/
$/-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-/$
%$/-,¨¨¨¨¨ Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ¨¨¨¨¨,-/$%
&%$/-,¨¨¨¨ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ¨¨¨¨,-/$%&
@&%$/-,¨¨¨ To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ¨¨¨,-/$%&@
#@&%$/-,¨¨ Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ¨¨,-/$%&@#
##@&%$/-,¨ And Smell Good, And There Is Little ¨,-/$%&@##
#@&%$/-,¨¨ Decoration In Our House. But When ¨¨,-/$%&@#
@&%$/-,¨¨¨ Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ¨¨¨,-/$%&@
&%$/-,¨¨¨¨ Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ¨¨¨¨,-/$%&
%$/-,¨¨¨¨¨ Scared Of Him Then. ¨¨¨¨¨,-/$%
$/-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-/$
/-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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