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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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