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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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