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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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