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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. #&&*==:¨¨¨
¨¨:==*&# ##&&*==:¨¨
¨:==*&## 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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