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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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