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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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