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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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