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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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