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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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