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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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