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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. §%/«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/% %/«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/ 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. ##@&§%/«,¨
¨¨,«/%§&@# #@&§%/«,¨¨
¨¨¨,«/%§&@ 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. %/«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«/%§ §%/«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«/%§& 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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