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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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