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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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