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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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