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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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