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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. †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. &%†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†% #&%†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†%@ 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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