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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ «««« ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. ¨¨¨-«/§%§#
@#§%§/«-¨¨ ¨¨-«/§%§#@
#@#§%§/«-¨ 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.) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-«/
§/«-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨-«/§
%§/«-¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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