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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. @%§^=-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-=^§%@# #@%§^=-¨¨¨
¨¨-=^§%@## 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. %§^=-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-=^§ §^=-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=^ 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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