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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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