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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.) ¤....¤¤..¤
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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. .¤.......¤
¤.¤¤¤.¤¤¤¤ ¤¤......¤¤
¤¤..¤¤...¤ 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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