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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. ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨#
#¨#¨#¨#¨## ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨¨# 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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