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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 $%†~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†% Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their %†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~† Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~ Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨- Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet -¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ With Dew. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Father Is Away During The Day Doing ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ His Clothes. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨- Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored -¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~ Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~† To The Walls And Far From The Light. We †~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-~†% Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful %†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-~†%$ 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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