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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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