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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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