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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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